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" 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. "

Diego Costa

School

Football

Friends

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" I haven't done great things for Spain - I can't lie - but when I play well, they should say so. They criticise me for my character, but I also have quality. "

" My mindset is always to be victorious, to win the match. "

" 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. "

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

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Win

" Life has many turns. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Quality

Goals

" I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play. "

" Don't put wings on me; I am no angel. "

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Put

Wings

" You just have to be prepared because in the Premier League, you are not always going to have more than once chance to score. When it comes your way, you have to be ready to take that chance. If you're not calm, you know it might not come again. "

" I wished I could go back to Atletico; I'm not going to lie. "

Diego Costa

Atletico

Back

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

" There are managers who always say what people want to hear. I think that's not good. "

" 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'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. "

" When a game comes around, that's the time to be serious. During the week, the training sessions are serious, but away from there, you have to relax and switch off. "

" When we go to the pitch, that's all we want to do - we want to win - and when the game finishes, if you win, you go home happy. "

" 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. "

Diego Costa

Values

Appreciate

" 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. "

" People ended up not thinking much of me. They saw me as a bit of a troublemaker. It's important to change people's impressions. "

" Always, when things don't go the way that everyone expects, people - the supporters as well - always look for someone to blame. In some cases, they blame the players. "

" In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different. "

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

Diego Costa

Happens

Argue