Alvaro Morata Quotes

It should be the pinnacle of any players' career to get to a World Cup Finals with their country.

I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.

I think that many players, just like me, feel a strong desire to play in the Premier League.

It is a very, very difficult thing to get into the Brazil national team, so when you achieve that, it makes you really happy, and you want it to continue for as long as possible.

I see football as a bit like a stairway, and you have to climb it bit by bit. First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup, if possible.

Missing the 1978 World Cup made Maradona an even better player, as he showed on the following year at the Youth World Cup, and he never looked back.

I had my time in the England shirt and won a lot of caps.

It's my biggest dream as a soccer player: I always wanted to play in the World Cup.

A better goals-to-game ratio is the aim for me now. If you score goals, you will get people talking about you.

First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully, you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup if possible. Then, obviously, play a good World Cup. That's my dream.

My first World Cup appearance remains fresh in my memory and what made it incredible was that I had made my first appearance for Nigeria just a year before.

When I signed that USL contract, my perspective changed on me being a professional footballer. That was my goal ever since I was young. I never thought I could achieve it, but that's when it clicked in my head that I can really go far in the sport.

I'm proud to have played 14 matches at the World Cup with the number ten shirt and to have scored eight goals.

I had the chance to play for a lot of different teams in the Premier League, but I think all the choices I made were the right ones. I could name a lot - with Gremio, PSG, Barcelona, Milan, Flemengo Mineiro. I was lucky enough to score a few goals, and they were all beautiful.

To score two goals at Old Trafford against Manchester United is a big moment.

I kind of had to convince myself when I was playing for the Washington Freedom that this was the highest level that I'm going to reach. 'I'm going to be a professional player, and I'm going to try and be the best one I can be, but it's maybe just not in my cards to be an international player. I won't play in a World Cup.' That was hard for me.

It was my dream to have an opportunity to play in a big league like the English league.

I just want to be one of the best in the Premier League, scoring goals.

I definitely did not fail at Chelsea. I always had my chance, scored important goals in the first season. At the end I just wanted the transfer, although Jose Mourinho wanted me to stay.

It's about winning games and scoring as many goals as possible.

I think that if a player wants to be at the very top, he needs to win the Champions League and league titles. That's what makes the great players truly great.

I want to play in the Premier League, the Champions League, and I want to continue playing for England. If I'm going to do that, I have to play for my club and put in good performances for my club because there are other English midfielders who are doing that in the Premier League.

My goal against Italy in the World Cup qualifier was probably my most memorable: we had to go to Italy and had to win, or we wouldn't go to the World Cup, and I scored in stoppage time.

We accept that, in one way now, if you are 27, 28 and still playing for Ajax, you are probably not good enough for the top of Europe because players want to go to the top in Europe.

Play well, play regularly, and score goals. Nothing else.