Fernando Torres Quotes

I'm going to be humble, I'm going to be accountable, do it with a smile on my face, make other people around me better.

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.

Being a good leader requires remembering that you're there for a reason, and the reason certainly isn't to have your way. High-integrity leaders not only welcome questioning and criticism - they insist on it.

If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

Basketball is like life and life is like basketball. It's just a game. So lets play the best we can while we are still here with love, compassion, selflessness fairplay and supporting each other to be bigger and better human beings.

Hang out with good people, do good things, and always put the team first.

I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.

I'm not trying to please everybody. I'm just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.

I'm not particularly into people giving me credit. It's not something I think about. It's not important to me. The only thing that's important is if I'm doing my job properly on the pitch for the team and for the manager.

It's so wrong when some players think, 'I scored five goals; therefore, I am a god of football.' You're nobody.

I'm going to have a great career when I'm done. But when people talk about me, I want them to say, 'Yo, not only was Shady McCoy really good, but he was a solid person in the locker room. He helped us out.'

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.

But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.

I would like to be remembered as a responsible human being who handled business while also taking care of his family.

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.

The most important criterion is this: hire someone whose character and humility and attitude you would like to have reproduced in your church and in yourself.

It's not just what you do on the pitch, it's what you do off the pitch.

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.