ROMELU LUKAKU

I was always a striker ever since I was a little boy. I always wanted to put the ball in the net and have the feeling of scoring a goal.

Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

Chelsea is my favourite team. I have always said it, and I have never hidden it.

I've been working to be a pro since I was 11 years old.

When you do well for a team like Everton, it's easier to go into a top team and establish yourself.

I don't touch anything I don't deserve.

I am going to work hard in training and give it my all.

I used to run to school with my brother Jordan. It was two or three miles there and back. We'd do it every day. My parents didn't have the money to buy us bikes. It was nice; we enjoyed it.

My father was my hero when I was still a boy.

The billions watching and following the Premier League don't tune in to see you in training. They want to know what you can do in a match.

Hard work eliminates fear. That's how I think.

A move to MLS - you never know. New York or Los Angeles, you never know.

I think I've proven that I've improved every part of my game.

I'll never say it's good enough. It's a pressure I put on myself.

I want my team to be the best. I want my team to be the most attractive to play in the league.

I don't dive. I'm not a player who dives.

Every striker has to have that edge. When they are not scoring, or when the team is losing, they explode.

I have to make sure I stay focused and have the same ambition I've always had and work hard - that's the key to success.

At the end of my career, you never know what might happen. I think that a move to MLS... maybe.

When you see your father playing in the first division, and you see players like Ronaldo with the crowd singing their names, you want that.

For me, family has always been more important than football. The most important thing for me is that my parents and my brother are fine. That is the first thing on my mind when I wake up every day.

You have to be patient in the Premier League.

When Manchester United and Jose Mourinho come knocking at the door, it is an opportunity of a lifetime and one that I could not turn down.

Personally, I don't let my head go down; I just keep working hard.

I looked up to Cristiano Ronaldo, and then it was always Didier Drogba.