Diego Costa Quotes

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.

Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

People wrote so negatively about me, but generally, the people who are familiar with football know my strengths and abilities.

I have never criticised Tottenham fans.

There are many coaches who talk about referees every day.

There're plenty of good people in football - mostly players and managers.

I need to keep quiet and do my talking on the pitch.

On the field Icardi always does a good job, what he does off it, I don't care at all. What I do care is what he does for my team on the pitch.

The God's truth: I never much cared for Tebow when he played at Florida.

When someone has an opinion, even if it ends up misquoted, people jump on it.

I just know that I love football, and when I'm on the pitch, I want to win.

I respect Suarez and Edinson Cavani but I don't fear them.

There are some athletes who don't like me.

You have pundits and fans from other teams who will say loads of things and it goes past me. That's life.

I've been on both sides of the boos.

At the end of the day, it is football, and we are all important on the pitch. We must play as a team and not listen to what others are saying.

I've picked up quite a few yellow cards in the last few years - a few reds, too. That was the case as a youth player as it is now. But I don't see it as a problem. That's how I play. If you take that away, then I wouldn't be where I am now. So I don't think the yellow cards or the red cards are too big of an issue.

I had Ibra at Milan, who every day would get angry about a misplaced pass, and I told him that if everyone was as talented as him, there would be no problems.

With any success, a lot of voices come out, and you start hearing a lot more opinions on the matter. We've provoked very strong reactions in both directions since day one.

I want to play. I want to be on the pitch.

Whatever Brett Favre does, it's a sign of the apocalypse.

The bottom line is this: Miers is a disappointing pick.

No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.

It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.

Referees and linesmen are killing teams.