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" People ask, 'How can you let a defeat hurt you so much?' But it comes back to the effort you have put into your career as a youngster. "

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" I wanted my children to be able to see me play at the World Cup. "

" When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfriend Sofia, who is now my wife, I think it all changed. She was very important for me, because she steered me back on to the path I wanted to be on. "

" There are people who criticise me, and that's normal because of the way I am on the pitch. I get angry, I get tense. "

" I understand why biting is seen so badly. "

" Liverpool will always be special for me: my daughter was born here. "

" I'm used to being the main goal scorer, but I also always like to help. "

" On the field, sometimes passion overwhelms you, and you do things you regret afterward. "

" I think the people who really know who Luis is are the people who are by my side, who have always been by my side. "

" When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that. "

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" There are only three million people in Uruguay, but there is such hunger for glory: you'll do anything to make it; you have that extra desire to run, to suffer. I can't explain our success, but I think that's a reason. "

" Barcelona are always a candidate to win the Champions League. "

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" Injuries are not only a physical question, which is the most important thing, of course, but also a question of your mind. If you're thinking: 'I'm not going to make it', 'I can't cope', 'it hurts', 'it's never going to get better', then it won't. "

" Every player feels differently about playing football. We are all different people. I am the type who wants to win all the time. I hate to lose. "

" It disturbs me that Liverpool are not in the Champions League and fighting for the Premier League. "

" I have a very strange way of playing football. "

" When I was playing for Nacional in Montevideo, the players who lived outside the city would be given money by the club to get there and back on the bus. "

" My parents separated when I was nine, but my father was always around, and he still follows me now. He is always sending me messages. "

" Every forward is selfish, and any forward who tells you he is not selfish is a liar. "

" Every soccer player can be on the edge, at the limit, be the bad guy. We have to get used to it. Sometimes I am one of those. "

" I want to do things right. I really, really do. "

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" I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it. "

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