Quotes from Romelu Lukaku

Drogba is more of a hold-up player, a target man. I prefer to have ball to feet and run in behind.

Chelsea is my favourite team. I have always said it, and I have never hidden it.

I ensure I am focused throughout the game, whether that is making a chance for myself or receiving the ball from a teammate to score.

For me, football is not about money - I want to win prizes.

I've been working to be a pro since I was 11 years old.

I want to make sure when my team is having difficulties, they can count on me.

I don't dive. I'm not a player who dives.

Every striker has to have that edge. When they are not scoring, or when the team is losing, they explode.

When you're not happy, you don't need to fake your emotions.

I'm used to playing under pressure. In the Premier League, there are big players and big teams - we are used to it.

I think I've proven that I've improved every part of my game.

People want to see you on the pitch. That was why I left Chelsea. I didn't want to hear people saying, 'Hey, he's doing well in training, blah blah blah... ' The game is what counts.

As a football player, I don't play for the individual.

Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

I feel a lot of people working in the media don't know how much of a student of the game I am. They don't know that if we play on a Saturday, the first thing I do when I get home is watch the other games, watch the other leagues.

For me, family has always been more important than football. The most important thing for me is that my parents and my brother are fine. That is the first thing on my mind when I wake up every day.

The first thing I do on a Sunday is five hours in front of the TV watching football, football, football. I watch my games back and pick out what didn't go right and try to make sure it goes well next time.

I want to prove to other people that I have something in my mind and intellectual qualities, not just the ability to play football.

I would rather have a career where I improve year after year than go to the top and then decline. There are a lot of strikers that reached the top before 25, but after 25, they went down.

I have to make sure I stay focused and have the same ambition I've always had and work hard - that's the key to success.

I work hard and do everything to make sure I am in the starting line-up.

I am going to work hard in training and give it my all.

At the end of the day, I just want to work hard for the team, and if I improve, I'm really satisfied.

Hard work eliminates fear. That's how I think.