Quotes from Fernando Torres

My father worked every day; my brother and sister had to travel many hours to study, so Atletico were for people like us.

I didn't realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn't realise how big football was and everything around football. How many people live for football and love football. I was a professional, but I was a supporter.

It was very hard to go through life as a small boy supporting Atletico.

Madrid is not as big as London, but it is true when you are coming from a big city like Madrid, nothing is going to surprise you, and I am very happy to move to a city like London. It is a big city, and you can do everything you want with the respect that the English people always have.

The things you cannot change you can't waste your time on.

Liverpool is a massive club in reputation, but as soon as I came here, it felt like Atletico to me. It is a working city, an honest city. The people work all week, and on Saturday they want to go to Anfield and watch the best team in the world.

You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says, 'I won more money.'

The biggest ambition in my career is still to win the European Cup. I want to have a picture of that to look at later; I want to have that medal. You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says: 'I won more money.'

The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.

The Premier League is tough because, as soon as you lose a couple of games, you're out of the race for the league.

I am a professional, and I always fulfil my deals.

I'm a quiet guy, but on the pitch, it's different. You have to do everything you can to win and help your teammates.

Liverpool is a fundamental part of my life. They don't remember me that way, but time will change that. I could not have chosen a better place to go when I left Atletico.

The worst part about not playing is when you think that you are ready to do it. You try to get more minutes, taking the chances, but you end up in a situation where things have not gone well for you for weeks - or for years. That is like swimming wet clothes.

Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.

Each player has one place in the world where he is happy, and as a result, he plays well. My place is Anfield. Every game I can play there, I feel good.

Ronaldo is different from Messi. He is very impressive down the wings.

I want to say thanks to the Chelsea fans because I have seen them very, very happy with me for joining Chelsea.

Fitness is important, but the most important thing is how you adapt and the way you feel physically. To adapt to a new position. To try to change your game.

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

Liverpool was a special city that took to me; I will always remember how special that place was. I obviously don't miss the rain.

Nobody has ever gifted me anything.

I left in Liverpool a lot of friends. I have a very good relationship with all of them.

When I was a boy, I was really thin, small, long-haired. I always looked young. People thought, 'He can't play football.' I used that to my advantage.