Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo says he's working towards having a long career in the game.

Ronaldo won his third Ballon d'Or this week.

He revealed to AS: "I don't dedicate my time exclusively to training but I do things so that I can improve - and so that I can continue playing at a high level until I am 35 or 36. That means you have to give up a lot of other things; there are a lot of temptations and it's very difficult - especially in the culture we live in, in Spain.

"It's a very open society, the people here are happy living day to day, they're always happy in spite of the difficulties they might have. That was something which surprised me about a country which borders Portugal; the mentality is completely different."