Quotes from Eden Hazard

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.

I'm not a top-five player yet. Maybe I'm close to it, but I still have to work on some aspects. You can only be part of that group if you are decisive in the top games.

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.

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.

You mustn't smile when you lose. You have to be sad like other people. You have to win every game.

It's true that I'm even better than I could have imagined, both in football and in my private life!

I am at one of the best clubs in the world and in the best league. And in my private life, everything is also going very well. At 25, I feel in the right place.

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.

The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.

We are professionals. We know when we're playing badly, so if you have a poor game, you work in training to put things right so form comes back.

We feel good. We are full of confidence. We take game after game and try to win every game.

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.

The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires.

It's true that Tottenham tempted me because it was a young team which was third in the league.

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.

I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.

I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.

My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.

You question yourself all the time as a footballer. You have to focus on the positives.

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.

I am happy with my form; I just need to score a couple of goals. I want the ball. I want to create something.

The Champions League is the one thing missing from my career. When I look at the history of the competition and the people that have taken part, the top, top players have all won it. For many, it is why they have been regarded as top players.

I love cooking. There is nothing I like better than going home and cooking my family a nice meal. Anything with pasta! Pasta with butter! I have a good repertoire, and I can do quite a few different dishes. Sometimes they work out and sometimes not.

I knew that Chelsea was a club that changed its manager reasonably often.