Zitat des Tages von Fernando Torres:
The Premier League is tough because, as soon as you lose a couple of games, you're out of the race for the league.
At Liverpool, winning is customary.
When I played against Chelsea, there was always a big motivation because it was a special game; it was always one of the biggest games of the season. This is one of the reasons why I wanted to join Chelsea: because I want to be part of this kind of team.
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.
You have to win with the team and for the team.
Liverpool gave me a second home. I was 24, I left my team, my town, and I went there. My memories there are just amazing. I have no words to thank them enough, and that's why I will always be a fan.
As a kid, I never once dreamt of playing for Liverpool.
Liverpool had a lot of success under Rafa Benitez, and that is difficult for anyone to follow.
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.
I left in Liverpool a lot of friends. I have a very good relationship with all of them.
I was not a Liverpool fan or a Chelsea fan in Madrid. I was an Atletico fan. I still am. Maybe they're the only badge I will kiss.
No one has given me anything for free.
You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.
I was always fighting with everyone when I was a kid. I was playing with people two or three years older than me, and I had to survive. So I love the physical game, the contact. And I don't know why, but I think football is like this. It is not just touching the ball and stringing together 50 pretty passes consecutively.
I want to say thanks to the Chelsea fans because I have seen them very, very happy with me for joining Chelsea.
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.
I am a big fan of the Gallagher brothers. At Liverpool, they came a few times; they are friends of Steven Gerrard. It was nice to meet them. When I was in Spain, I couldn't speak English, so I couldn't understand the lyrics. When I came to England, I started studying music and trying to understand what my favourite songs said.
Everything I have done in my career I have done from my values and doing things the way I like to do. So winning doesn't matter the world for me.
The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition.
I had the best three years of my career at Liverpool.
Big clubs in Europe always go through difficult spells where it appears as though there is no light at the end of the tunnel. But because they are big clubs, they always come back, and they do so with a vengeance.
You have to prove yourself every day. You have to live for today.
I always live in the present. I never dream about what might happen. Why? It might not.
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.
Winning the European Championship was a great thing for me, and I understood what it was to win a major trophy and what I had been missing.
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.
I just do not see myself playing for Madrid. They do not attract me, especially because of my past with Atletico.
For me, Real Madrid are just like any other club, like Barcelona, Milan, Bayern Munich, or Inter. Just another big club.
At Liverpool, I had almost everything but titles. I felt like a king, but the team was falling apart.
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.
If we win the Champions League, everyone is a better, more recognised player, but if you win an individual award and nothing with your team, it means nothing.
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.
In your life, you go through a difficult situation or a very good situation, and you have different moods, but you learn things from your experiences.
I am a professional, and I always fulfil my deals.
My father worked every day; my brother and sister had to travel many hours to study, so Atletico were for people like us.