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Life has many turns.
The truth is I'm fairly relaxed.
Everyone has to be their own critic.
Don't put wings on me; I am no angel.
The best way to attack is to defend well.
I joined a club like Chelsea to win titles.
The key for me is to score goals and win trophies.
My mindset is always to be victorious, to win the match.
I wished I could go back to Atletico; I'm not going to lie.
As we say, finals are not to play them, they are to win them.
Work goes well if you give your best with the guy beside you.
I want to be competitive; I want to run all over - I want to win.
What worries me is to be in the best physical form to score goals.
In life, anything can happen, and I do not close the door to anything.
Chelsea's fans love me a lot, even more than in Atletico. Figure that!
I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.
I have to be extra careful, but I'm never going to change the way I play.
Check my records: you'll find I've never caused a bad injury to a player.
Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I'm not a cry baby.
If you work hard and there's not a good atmosphere, the work doesn't mean a thing.
I look back, and I know what I left behind in Lagarto when I pursued my own dream.
There are managers who always say what people want to hear. I think that's not good.
Scoring goals is scoring goals. From a striker's point of view, the aim is the same.
I don't need to hit people in order to play good football. I'm not a boxer after all.
I don't have a problem with any defenders. I've always played against great defenders.
I am glad I have given my family the life I wanted for them. That is my responsibility.
I can accept defeat, but I love to win and be competitive. It is my job, and I love it.
I will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my supporters tell me.
I am Brazilian, and that is not going to change, but I want to win the World Cup with Spain.
Football is my life, and I cannot imagine myself doing anything other than playing this game.
I thought it was very important to keep growing with Atletico and to play there for many years.
Atletico know I have a special feeling for the team. I lived the best moment of my career there.
The bottom line is that sometimes the little things I do on the pitch provoke exaggerated reactions.
Afterwards, when the match is over, I have my family and my friends. I have fun like a normal person.
I give no quarter, and I ask for none. Out there, I'm going to fight for my team and do the best I can.
I'm just like that: I just always try to win, to get better, do my best, and it always annoys me to lose.
Put me there on the pitch if you want to see how much it means to me or how hungry I am to win more medals.
I can only watch calmly if the match is decided or my team are dominating. But I get passionate very easily.
I don't like losing. I don't like to be in a losing position, and I show this a lot. I demonstrate on the pitch.
I have a go at defenders, and they have a go at me. We argue... Whatever happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.
A season is very long, and there will be periods where you'll be very good and moments where you won't be as good.
Every striker has their way of playing and their strengths and a different team behind them. That is very important.
I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play.
I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big 'thank you' for the love they show me.
Sometimes I even tell my relatives and my friends that I get a lot of love from the fans, and I'm not sure if it's deserved.
Do I enjoy the aggression of English football? No. I like to play football. I like to score goals. I like to do things well.
I train all week just to play for 90 minutes. I love playing games, and so during those 90 minutes, it's always 100 per cent.
In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.
I don't pick tournaments to score or rivals or other teams to score against. I'm a striker: every game I play, I want to score.
You can run 20km, 80, 100, and if there's no spirit between the players, the coaches, as colleagues, it won't come out as well.