Dani Alves said he will not change his approach to football, after his "crazy" style fired Juventus into the Champions League final.
Alves had a hand in all of the Italian champions' goals as they beat Monaco 4-1 on aggregate to secure a place in the Cardiff showpiece via Tuesday's 2-1 second-leg victory.
"Am I surprised to be at my best level? I work a lot, I live the game with a lot of intensity and love," Alves told Mega.
"Everything I am in my life is the result of my daily work, my professionalism, and in the end I am collecting the fruit of the daily work that you do not see.
"People think I'm crazy, but when it comes to work I know what I have to do."
"At first it cost me, but here there is a different way of seeing football," he added.
"When I was adapting, I got the injury, maybe to take it easy, reinvent myself in this club.
"I had to adapt to the team, the philosophy of the club. I'm here, making my team enjoy it, enjoying myself."
Alves was the undoubted star of the tie, setting up Gonzalo Higuain's double in Monaco and Mario Mandzukic's opener in Turin before outdoing them both with a 25-yard volley to cap Juve's progression.
"The most important thing is to help my team to win, whether scoring or providing assists," he told Mediaset Premium. "I don't score very often, so I'm happy, but in a way I prefer the assist to a goal, so everyone goes home happy."
