A footballer can have even more problems than other people. Sometimes money and fame can become a problem, too.
— Alvaro Morata
I always think this is a team sport.
I've learnt more in two years at Juventus than in my entire life.
It is great to play with a player like Eden Hazard. He is one of the best in the world, and I am very lucky to play with him.
Both Atletico and Real Madrid called my dad, but at that time, I wasn't doing too well at school, and they wouldn't let me go until my grades improved. They both called back, and since Atleti was closer to home, I joined their football academy. It was the start of a period where I stopped enjoying football - I lost the love for it.
I'm a striker. it's our job, and it's true that we need to score, and I am happy when I do.
Every player wants to be at Real Madrid, of course. I fought my entire life to be at the club, but only in the starting line-up.
I lived Real Madrid, with all the perfect things to grow up.
I had the chance to go to Manchester United and other teams in the Premier League.
In adversity, you have to find motivation to continue and do well.
The important thing is the team.
All I want is to be just another member of the squad and fight for a place in the side.
You can't think you're God when you score an important goal or the worst player around when its going badly.
People think we're machines; they don't realise that behind a bad run, there's almost always a personal problem, some family issue. You have feelings; you make mistakes. You're a person.
OK - we like to say how a striker creates space and influences matches in other ways, but let's not pretend: at the end of the season, the best striker everyone talks about is the top scorer.
I've always liked Dzeko - he's a champion.
During my time at Juve, I didn't score more than 20 goals a year, but I won every title except the Champions League. I've scored 15 or 16 goals, and I've lifted titles, and other strikers have scored 35 and haven't won anything.
I had a period where everything... if it's raining, I'm angry because it's raining. If I miss, it's because the pitch is too wet. It was only excuses. It was not good.
In Spain, you get seven clear chances a game to receive the ball and shoot. In Italy, you get very few clear balls, and you have to fight everyone to score; that makes you improve and develop.
I want to score more than 20. It's my job. But it is not an obsession for me ahead of winning titles for the team.
It is always a good feeling to score the first goal in a new stadium.
I don't see why I should be happy scoring a goal against an opponent on a much lower level than we are.
Antonio Conte helps you to grow because you can never get too comfortable or find a comfort zone.
I want to score more than 30 goals, but I would prefer to score 15 or 20 and get the Premier League or one big trophy.
It's the best feeling in life, when you see a little human, and they look to you, to learn something in life. It's a responsibility, but it's the best feeling in life.
What fascinates me about London is its multi-ethnicity, the coexistence of cultures and religions, but I do not see myself living here for very long. It's too big, too much stress, too much of a metropolis.
I will always wish the best to Madrid.
There's no way to stop Messi. The only way is for him not to have a good day, but that's difficult because most of the times he has good days.
My only intention is to be happy and be in a place where I feel wanted.
Your life can change in a moment, depending if the ball goes in.
Conte is the manager who most 'bet' on me without even ever having had me in his team. I feel indebted to him because he's the coach that most trusted in me, most wanted me.
It's hard as a striker. It's cut and dried. Your job is to put the ball in the back of the net.
For a Spaniard, Italy is the best place to live. You've got all the beauty, history, art, good food, and fashion.
I will always be grateful to Madrid. I never said a bad word about anybody there. Everyone there, even the president, treated me really well always.
In the Premier League, I think if you win your first five games, you're in the fight, because here in every game, you can lose or drop points.
Scoring lots of goals in Italy is much more difficult: they are experts in defending.
The day I signed for Chelsea, I had to go around the world - from Los Angeles to Singapore, through London - and I trained. Difficult.
I want to score more goals, to play more games, but at the end of the day, the most important thing is that the team wins. The other things come with that.
I am a happy person, especially off the field, outside of football.
English football is different to Italy and Spain. You don't have that much time to calm down or relax because, all the time, the ball is on fire.
Chelsea gave me everything that I needed, and now I have time to give back all that Chelsea give me.
I really like London now. But probably, in the future, when I need to bring my child to the school and take up a school, when I finish my career, I'd prefer to come back to my country. It's normal. For me, I prefer the place I was born.
To play a World Cup for your country is everything you dream of.
At the end of the season, the important thing is to be in first place. It doesn't matter if you score 15 or 20.
Chelsea is a big club, a club that has given me the opportunity to play as a starter, to grow even more.
Clearly, any player would want to go to Real Madrid, but I think if there wouldn't be all the space that one needs there, then it wouldn't be the best move.
Sometimes I go home, put the game on, and think, 'How can I miss that?' It affects you; it also affects you to know your career also depends on the opinion of journalists, fans, directors, and sometimes they're not really qualified to judge.
Goals flow when you play with a smile and don't think too much.
It's hard to imagine going back to Italy, despite my experience in Serie A being extraordinary.
My two years at Juve were fantastic. I was just a lad when I arrived, and I was a real footballer when I left.
