Top 50 Diego Costa Quotes

I am Brazilian, and that is not going to change, but I want to win the World Cup with Spain.

I’m no angel. You can see that. But every time I play, I will play the same way because that’s the way I am.

I am glad I have given my family the life I wanted for them. That is my responsibility.

If you ask a million players who they would want as manager, they will come back with a top three list of Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, or Diego Simeone.

I grew up thinking a bit of pushing and shoving was completely normal. Then I suddenly learned that if you kick another player, you get in trouble. Nobody had ever reprimanded me for that before.

I think that football has always had a passionate, aggressive side, with players giving their all. People have to get used to this.

It’s important to be right physically.

The best way to attack is to defend well.

Every striker has their way of playing and their strengths and a different team behind them. That is very important.

Atletico know I have a special feeling for the team. I lived the best moment of my career there.

I train all week just to play for 90 minutes. I love playing games, and so during those 90 minutes, it’s always 100 per cent.

Do I enjoy the aggression of English football? No. I like to play football. I like to score goals. I like to do things well.

Football is my life, and I cannot imagine myself doing anything other than playing this game.

In life, anything can happen, and I do not close the door to anything.

Afterwards, when the match is over, I have my family and my friends. I have fun like a normal person.

Everyone has to be their own critic.

The key for me is to score goals and win trophies.

Chelsea’s fans love me a lot, even more than in Atletico. Figure that!

I want to be competitive; I want to run all over – I want to win.

I will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my supporters tell me.

Don’t put wings on me; I am no angel.

I have a go at defenders, and they have a go at me. We argue… Whatever happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

I’d rather have someone who tells me straight up what happens rather than sweet things that I want to hear.

I want to win and always have done since I was small. I don’t know if it’s in my blood or just my personality.

I don’t go into a game with specific targets. I don’t pinpoint an opposing player before a match, trying to exploit a kind of weakness.

I consider myself a player who fights and gives everything on the pitch. Those who know me and appreciate those values understand what I say.

I started playing football on the streets; I grew up playing football on the streets with my friends, and that’s why I was brought up the way I was. That’s the school I had – the street football.

If you pinpointed someone before the kick-off, probably you would become embroiled in a fight, and you would be distracted from what really matters and not play well.

I always wanted to win. Everyone has a bit of that in them, but I have even more of a will to win. Sometimes I might go overboard, whereas there are others who, yes, they want to win, but if they don’t, it’s no big deal for them.

If you work hard and there’s not a good atmosphere, the work doesn’t mean a thing.

You always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.

I’ve done everything to come back to Atletico, but I wouldn’t fight the same to return. When Atletico didn’t wait for me, I had to go to Conte with the tail between my legs.

I have to be extra careful, but I’m never going to change the way I play.

I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big ‘thank you’ for the love they show me.

What worries me is to be in the best physical form to score goals.

I think anyone in life, everyone in the world, no matter what work they do, they should think of wanting to get on, to win, improve.

Check my records: you’ll find I’ve never caused a bad injury to a player.

Goals are what count for me. It’s not about a battle with defenders. Fighting hard, giving everything and working hard on the field you have to combine with the goals you score. It doesn’t matter if defenders want to battle with me or not; I will just be trying to do my job as well as I possibly can.

In England, the referees don’t call many fouls, as opposed to Spanish football. Consequently, you must be really strong all through the 90 minutes.

The truth is I’m fairly relaxed.

I have always seen Drogba as the example to follow in terms of a centre-forward. He was strong and scored loads of goals, and he was a quality player.

I’m just like that: I just always try to win, to get better, do my best, and it always annoys me to lose.

Put me there on the pitch if you want to see how much it means to me or how hungry I am to win more medals.

If you do not have the team behind you, then you can’t do things on your own. It all depends on the team.

I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.

I never complained about my teammates, and I have to thank them because they always supported me and never allowed me to give up.

It is not easy for me to pick out one goal or match as my favourite, but if I had to choose one Wembley memory, it would probably be my free-kick against Portsmouth in 2010.

You can run 20km, 80, 100, and if there’s no spirit between the players, the coaches, as colleagues, it won’t come out as well.

Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I’m not a cry baby.

I think it’s really important for managers to be liked by his players because ultimately, on the pitch, those players will give everything for their manager.