Quotes from Romelu Lukaku

Football is all about having fun - but playing to win at the same time. When you find the right balance, there's so much more to enjoy.

When we were kids, we couldn't even afford to watch Thierry Henry on Match of the Day.

I'm a goal scorer, so I'm here to score goals, but at the end of the day, I want to help my team-mates reach something, so we are working hard.

Personally, I don't let my head go down; I just keep working hard.

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

Obviously, the World Cup is nice and the Euros is really nice as well, but I have always dreamed of the Champions League.

Football is what, 15 years? I want to invest 100% of my life into the game, so when it's all said and done, I don't want to have regrets.

I started playing at six. I was at a school always playing football with my friends. But I was always bored at home. I asked my father if he could start me in a football team. He took me to a team called Rupel Boom, who were playing in the fourth division in Belgium, and I stayed there for four years.

When you do well for a team like Everton, it's easier to go into a top team and establish yourself.

No matter where you play, you want to be remembered.

In football, anything can happen. You can have an injury, and then you won't play at the highest level anymore. If you don't have a diploma, what then?

As a young kid, you dream of playing in every big team.

When Manchester United and Jose Mourinho come knocking at the door, it is an opportunity of a lifetime and one that I could not turn down.

As a youngster, you normally have to play. How will you be one of the best not playing?

Chelsea and Arsenal tried to sign me when I was 13, 14.

I've always had a goal to win as many trophies as I can and to play for a club like Manchester United.

You cannot only be remembered by scoring goals; you want to be remembered by winning trophies.

I always said I wanted to play for a team that's challenging for every trophy that there is there.

Sometimes footballers, we get soft a little bit.

I used to run to school with my brother Jordan. It was two or three miles there and back. We'd do it every day. My parents didn't have the money to buy us bikes. It was nice; we enjoyed it.

The billions watching and following the Premier League don't tune in to see you in training. They want to know what you can do in a match.

I love English, Spanish, and German football.

When you see your father playing in the first division, and you see players like Ronaldo with the crowd singing their names, you want that.

If you weren't with me when I had nothing, then you can't really understand me.