In an interview conducted by Jorge Valdano for his show on Movistar, Casemiro explains how he wasn't getting game time but Zidane put his mind at ease.
"It doesn't matter to me whether it's the 12th or the 90th minutes," he says in the interview. "I'll go for the ball the same way as I go for a plate of food. I go for the ball as if it's the last."
Casemiro explains how, in January of Zidane's first year, he had hardly seen the field. He asked Zidane: "What's going on? We are in January and I want to have a role. I want to play, boss!" Zidane agreed and replied: "Case, calm down, once you start to play you'll never stop."
In January and February in the nine games under Zidane, Casemiro only played 21 minutes: 20 against Espanyol and the other one in a nothing game in the Champions League. In March though, he started and hasn't stopped. He has played 123 games under Zidane and has accumulated 10,024 minutes under the Real Madrid coach.