Quotes from Luis Suarez

I think Liverpool have a long history with many great players. I hope one day to be up there with those great players. I'll try my best to write some history here.

My first season at Liverpool had good moments but also bad ones. We played three tournaments and we played two finals, and that was good.

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.

I normally try to be tranquil on the pitch.

It is always a bit hypocritical when a defender who spends the whole game kicking you complains of being kicked.

When I was a kid, I had to fight for everything.

It was very hard for me as a kid to get through as a footballer in Uruguay.

Nobody in England knows the real Luis Suarez.

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.

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.

When I say, 'I'm sorry,' it's because I regret something.

I will give my soul every game.

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.

'Negro' can refer to anyone with dark hair as well as dark skin, and I've been used to the word being used in Spanish in this way all my life.

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

Put 'Luis Suarez' into an Internet search engine, and up comes the word 'racist.' It's a stain that is there for ever. And it is one that I feel I do not deserve.

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.

I've been obsessed by football since I was young.

Obviously, being a forward, I would like to score more goals. But while the team does well, there is no problem.

I have a very strange way of playing football.

I'm an emotional person, and I externalise my feelings a lot with some things, but I'm strong with others.

I want to change the bad boy image that has stuck for a bit because I don't think I am at all how I have been portrayed. I would like that to change because it's awful to hear and read what is said of you.

In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team.