Romelu Lukaku Quotes

I find it quite funny to see players rolling over trying to win free-kicks or get opponents booked. I've never done that, even at an early age. My friends would have just laughed at me.

You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating.

I went for a tackle with Radamel Falcao against Colombia, and he just dropped to the floor. I said to him 'Just get up!'

If you watch me play, you'll see how often I get kicked. I don't go off the pitch and cut myself to act like I've been kicked.

I admit to becoming frustrated by the frequency of diving in the Champions League.

A lot of players try to buy penalties, and sometimes defenders can't do a lot about it.

I'm not a cheat. I'm not a diver.

Before the game there was all this stuff about anti-racism and anti-bullying. It would be a good idea to start wearing wristbands for anti-diving.

It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field.

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

I played in the playoffs with teams that were known for flopping and you do not get respect.

There's a difference between fair game and playing games.

I never have suspected or sensed a whiff of cheating in any of our Super Bowls.

Diving is a really, really difficult one because a player is the only one who genuinely knows whether they have dived. You can look at it at 40 different angles and not know. And you can just fall over, too.

I think if you're raising your foot high whether it's an overhead kick or not, you're risking a red card.

There should be no tolerance for cheaters, especially in fighting.

I'm not a dirty player.

Cheating during bouts has always existed.

Players from Holland and Scandinavia aren't divers, but those from Spain and Italy go down far too easily for my liking.

There's no honor in faking an injury. There is no integrity, because you are lying about it.

I feel like, there's no fair in fighting: you do whatever it takes to win. Obviously, sometimes I cheat to win, but it's not illegal.

The whole of my life, what they wanted was honesty. They were not concerned with cultured football, but with triers who gave one hundred percent.

If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you only cheat yourself.