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" I didn't want to go to Chelsea, because I wanted to play the Champions League and they were sixth in the league. "

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" We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league. "

" When I get the ball with my back to goal, I like to be in touching contact. I need to feel the guy. He will try to take the ball, and I will go past him. "

" I love to set up my teammates. I am not here to be a star, to show off. I am here to play for the others, but if I have to try and clinch a game, then I will. "

" I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes. "

" When the game is finished, it's completely finished. I'm with my kids. Sometimes people say to me, 'Oh, did you see the game?' and I say, 'No, I didn't see the game'. I watch if my friends are playing or my brothers. But not always. "

" I try to play like I did when I was a young boy playing in my garden. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not so good, but I try to always make sure I give my best to help the team, even if I am not having the best game myself. "

" It is always good to be on the scoresheet. "

" A couple of games, I played up front when Diego Costa was not there. We know to create movement - not even to get the ball, but create space for others. Now I understand football is not always with the ball at my feet. "

" The FA Cup for all the fans does mean something special. "

" It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I've always said that I'm not a big scorer, I'm a worker. "

" I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection. "

" Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone. "

" When you are young, you sometimes play one good game and then one bad game. "

" Individually, I am very happy because I can play in every game. I can be on the pitch and do what I like to do, which is play football. "

" I can still take the hits; it's not a problem for me. I accept the blows. I can take the punches like a boxer. "

" The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years. "

" Deep down, I never wanted to see Mourinho fired. We experienced some very beautiful things together in 2015. "

" I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes, but there you are - that's what the rules of the game are for. "

" With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year. "

" People were saying, 'He's worth £32m? He tried a back-heel and fell over!' Even I laughed. In my head, I said, 'OK, you've seen the bad side, now come see the good side'. "

" I'm not in search of records like some other players. If I can score between 15 and 20 goals each season, I will be very happy. "

" If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account. "

" Weight training and working on being explosive helped me gain a few yards of pace. Even when I was small, I was stocky. Even if people pushed me, I managed to stay on my feet. "

" I watched videos of great players. I was inspired by what they did, then I used to try things out in training. "

" I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can. "

" The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character. "

" Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much. "

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" I'm somebody who can laugh even at myself. That happens now and again, when I've made a mess of really simple things. "