I want to be on the pitch, and I want to be cool.

I thought it was very important to keep growing with Atletico and to play there for many years.

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.

I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.

I never complained about my teammates, and I have to thank them because they always supported me and never allowed me to give up.

It's important to keep winning games.

Work goes well if you give your best with the guy beside you.

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.

If you work hard and there's not a good atmosphere, the work doesn't mean a thing.

We always have to show our character on the pitch, and I show my feelings.

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.

As we say, finals are not to play them, they are to win them.

I joined a club like Chelsea to win titles.

I don't have a problem with any defenders. I've always played against great defenders.

On Conte's first day, I told him that I wanted to join Atletico, and he was upset with me and didn't even look at me. Luckily, I started to score goals.

If you ask a million players who they would want as manager, they will come back with a top three list of Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, or Diego Simeone.

Some people seem to think football is like theatre and that everyone has to play the good guy. But I think that you transform when you cross the white line: you're not the same person as off it.

I think that football has always had a passionate, aggressive side, with players giving their all. People have to get used to this.

Wembley is a ground with great history. It's hosted games and players of great prestige. It's always important playing on great stages like this.

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.

What worries me is to be in the best physical form to score goals.

I have to be extra careful, but I'm never going to change the way I play.

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.