Fernando Torres

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. ”

A player wants to be remembered for what he has won, for the medals, for what he has given his club. ”

If we win the Champions League, everyone is a better, more recognised player, but if you win an individual award and nothing with your team, it means nothing. ”

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. ”

I left in Liverpool a lot of friends. I have a very good relationship with all of them. ”

I was always fighting with everyone when I was a kid. I was playing with people two or three years older than me, and I had to survive. So I love the physical game, the contact. And I don't know why, but I think football is like this. It is not just touching the ball and stringing together 50 pretty passes consecutively. ”

At Liverpool, I had almost everything but titles. I felt like a king, but the team was falling apart. ”

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important. ”

The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point. ”

I didn't realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn't realise how big football was and everything around football. How many people live for football and love football. I was a professional, but I was a supporter. ”