DIEGO COSTA

The best way to attack is to defend well.

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.

Football is my life, and I cannot imagine myself doing anything other than playing this game.

When a game comes around, that's the time to be serious. During the week, the training sessions are serious, but away from there, you have to relax and switch off.

Afterwards, when the match is over, I have my family and my friends. I have fun like a normal person.

I'm just like that: I just always try to win, to get better, do my best, and it always annoys me to lose.

Goals are what count for me. It's not about a battle with defenders. Fighting hard, giving everything and working hard on the field you have to combine with the goals you score. It doesn't matter if defenders want to battle with me or not; I will just be trying to do my job as well as I possibly can.

In life, anything can happen, and I do not close the door to anything.

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

Jose Mourinho has been really clear about what he expects from me, saying he wants me working hard rather than just scoring. Hard work is what he values.

I am glad I have given my family the life I wanted for them. That is my responsibility.

Don't put wings on me; I am no angel.

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.

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

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

It's important to keep winning games.

I don't need to hit people in order to play good football. I'm not a boxer after all.

When we go to the pitch, that's all we want to do - we want to win - and when the game finishes, if you win, you go home happy.

The truth is I'm fairly relaxed.

If I go on to the pitch, do things well and the fans love me and my team-mates, too, we take on that energy which can change a game.

I have always seen Drogba as the example to follow in terms of a centre-forward. He was strong and scored loads of goals, and he was a quality player.

The key for me is to score goals and win trophies.

You always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.

On the pitch, I will always be like that. That's my character, and I will always compete and compete - always. I'm a different guy off the pitch, as you can see, but on the pitch, I will not change.

Every striker has their way of playing and their strengths and a different team behind them. That is very important.