Fernando Torres
You always have to aspire to everything; winning titles is what I've been missing. And I will give my life and everything I have in order to achieve it.
English football has an enormous following across the world, not just because of the players but because of its history, its tradition, the excitement, the capacity crowds.
When I was a child, my dream was to play for Atletico.
I was not a Liverpool fan or a Chelsea fan in Madrid. I was an Atletico fan. I still am. Maybe they're the only badge I will kiss.
Atleti fans always demand your all on the field, and I guarantee that I will give them that and more.
I want to thank my two English clubs: Liverpool for bringing me to the Premier League and Chelsea for the trophies I won.
No one has given me anything for free.
I don't want to imagine the time when I have to stop playing.
Domestic titles are very important, but to win the Champions League, you are saying, 'We are the best team in Europe.'
Winning the European Championship was a great thing for me, and I understood what it was to win a major trophy and what I had been missing.
The worst part about not playing is when you think that you are ready to do it. You try to get more minutes, taking the chances, but you end up in a situation where things have not gone well for you for weeks - or for years. That is like swimming wet clothes.
When I was a boy, I was really thin, small, long-haired. I always looked young. People thought, 'He can't play football.' I used that to my advantage.
Each player has one place in the world where he is happy, and as a result, he plays well. My place is Anfield. Every game I can play there, I feel good.
I always live in the present. I never dream about what might happen. Why? It might not.
I have good memories and bad memories of games against Chelsea. All the goals are good memories because all of them are special.
When I played against Chelsea, there was always a big motivation because it was a special game; it was always one of the biggest games of the season. This is one of the reasons why I wanted to join Chelsea: because I want to be part of this kind of team.
Football is not a sport populated by honest people. You can't tell the truth or be up front with people. It's a business, and no one is friends.
I had the best three years of my career at Liverpool.
Real Madrid is like Manchester United or Liverpool or Bayern Munich. There is so much history, and you need to play and win against that history. It's difficult to play against them because you fight against everything - the history, the players - but because of that, the motivation is always so high.
Chelsea gave me all the trophies I have as a football player. I saw my kids growing up in London.
The MLS is a fantastic competition, and it is growing all the time.
I had team-mates who didn't care if the team won or lost because they were not playing. I never wanted to be like that.
In the dressing room, you can never lose that group concept.
I learnt that if we won, it didn't matter that I hadn't played. I had to keep working.
I am a professional, and I always fulfil my deals.
Liverpool had a lot of success under Rafa Benitez, and that is difficult for anyone to follow.
At Liverpool, winning is customary.
Chelsea gave me what I was looking for when I left Liverpool trophies. I'll always see it as a success.
Liverpool was a special city that took to me; I will always remember how special that place was. I obviously don't miss the rain.
If football was a drug, I would have died from overdose.Collection: Football
Purpose without virtue is vanity.Collection: Vanity
I've always been a sad person. I'm a happy person too, but it's a thing in my brain or my spirit or something, I'm just sad and really acutely aware of mortality and loss.Collection: Loss
When you have a bad result, you want the next game to come as quickly as possible because a good result will make people forget about the bad result.Collection: Games
I know my statistics have not been the same as in other years but I'm fighting to get back to those statistics.Collection: Fighting
I don't know what to say about myself. I don't know myself (laughs). People say my humility but I believe we're all humble in our own way. I try to stay close to my family and friends.Collection: Believe
The writing is therapeutic for me, it's an introverted process, I'm really inside my head. It's a really obsessive process. The live show, though, is the opposite. It's an extroverted process. It pushes me to connect with people, and so it pulls me out of my head and just pulls me out of myself.Collection: Writing
I like changing my hairstyle, much to my mother's annoyance. It depends on my state of mind.Collection: Mother
If I score against Liverpool I will not celebrate.Collection: Celebrate
When I get to connect with people, I'm not in my head anymore and I like that, that's nice.Collection: Nice
When you become an adult you just make that transition and you're right... it's fun and exciting to be an adult and exciting to have independence, but once you're out from under the cover of your family's protection and love, you sort of have to take a step back and come to terms with the fact that you won't really ever have that again in the same way. You'll never be a kid again.Collection: Fun
The songs can be dark, but the adrenaline doesn't really change, regardless of what it is I'm singing, I still have the adrenaline, it's still a high.Collection: Song
I guess just personally I've become a bolder person in my day-to-day. I think a lot of it came from moving to Brooklyn. I just sort of became an adult and started speaking up for myself and not apologising for myself.Collection: Moving
My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city, he had no choice.Collection: Football
The live show allows me to transcend myself, because it's not about me anymore. The writing process is very much about me but then the live show is not. They feel really different.Collection: Writing
The Champions League is a big ambition and all the footballers want to play in it. It is a very important competition.Collection: Ambition
One of the reasons I chose to come to Liverpool was because of the mentality of the club. It's a working club and a working city. I don't know why but I feel like one of the people here. They recognise me and wish me luck but in Spain they surround you and you can't do anything. I think they're happy with me here.Collection: Thinking
Sometimes I'd like to have a conversation with a friend in a restaurant without feeling I'm being watched. At this rate I will have to go on holiday to Greenland. But maybe the Eskimos would know me.Collection: Soccer
Living in Brooklyn it's a very fend-for-yourself place. Maybe it's made me a little bit harsh but I don't consider that to be pejorative.Collection: Brooklyn
My head is in Liverpool and on helping save our season. I am professional and I always fulfil my deals. I haven't considered leaving, although in football that depends on the club.Collection: Football