Although I will not always play well, I always give everything on the pitch.

It was a privilege to enjoy the national team and be part of a group that gave so much to our country, wear the shirt with great people.

Football is a really simple game, and the most important thing, in any formation, is that the players do their jobs, not the formation which they play in.

Strikers love to play with other strikers, as I did with Sergio Aguero, Luis Suarez, and Edinson Cavani. You can make the most of your individual talents for the good of the team. If you can strike up a good partnership with another player, it's like striking gold.

I have a career, and I deserve respect.

I feel I have nothing to prove at all, my scoring rate in La Liga speaks for itself.

My best years were 2010 and 2011, and the 2010 World Cup was the most incredible experience. Our tiny nation reached the semi-finals, I finished joint-top scorer in South Africa, and my goal against Germany was voted the best of the tournament. I was also named the best player of that World Cup.

I played 112 times for Uruguay and experienced some of the greatest moments in my life representing my country.

There are many great players to have won the adidas Golden Ball Award, and it is a great privilege to receive this award and be part of this select group of players.

We are just lucky to be able to watch Ronaldo and Messi at their best.

During my career, I've have a lot of satisfaction, but I miss the Champions League. I'd like to win it with Inter.

Luis Suarez is one of the best players in the national team - and in the world, in fact.

Time moves on for everyone.

As soon as Jose Mourinho was given the job, I knew that he was the right man for Manchester United.

I'd be happy to play in Sao Paulo. It would be a dream; that would be very exciting.

I try to go through my life not owing anything to anyone.

Playing a World Cup is spectacular.

I am very happy here at Atletico, and I want to bring the same kind of joy to all the fans.

It is easy to criticize me from behind a pen or a microphone, from someone who never set foot on a football field.

A player always comes on to the pitch to give their best, and I cannot be criticized for my commitment, only for my performances.

Milan is beautiful, and the Interista fans are even more so.

All of the usual formations have advantages and disadvantages, but none would work without the magic of the players.

Systems, coaches, and directors or club presidents do not win games - players do, they are the only people who can make a significant difference once that game starts.

Courtois was rated highly enough by Chelsea to go back and replace Petr Cech, one of the best goalkeepers of modern times. He has lived up to his reputation.

It is only natural that the years pass, and after consecutive matches, you feel more and more tired, but it is normal.

Other Brazilians who've gone to Europe haven't always settled so quickly. Neymar has.

I wake up at 7 A.M. each morning and work out with a personal trainer.

Football has allowed me to see the world, and in Paz, I have a wife who is keen to see the world with me.

I keep really fit.

There are games when you do well, and others that go differently.

There are no logical answers in football. That's just the way it goes.

I will never play in England again, but I still actually look back with fond memories at some moments.

Atletico players have always been characterised by this kind of player in attack like Fernando Torres, Sergio Aguero, Diego Costa, and Radamel Falcao.

My father played for Sao Paulo for several years. I played in Brazil, too, and made a lot of friends there.

Italy won the world title in 2006 and went out in the group phase in 2010 and 2014. They didn't make it beyond the first round. You don't win things because of your history, the shirt, or the names on the teamsheet.

We're a small country, and if you look at it that way, then we're at a disadvantage, though I know that most of the players who know or have come up against Uruguayans prefer to avoid us.

Retiring from international football was a personal decision, and I was very sure about what I was doing. I played for my country for more than ten years, and there were highs and lows. It was a fantastic experience, though, and the most wonderful thing is that it ended well.

Uruguay is a small country but with a lot of football history. We've won so many things, and so the people are always expecting us to do good things.

I'd never thought of going to Japan, but the J-League came to me, and I could see that they wanted me to be part of the project. In the beginning, they said, 'We have two or three teams for you, although we cannot say which ones at the moment, but we want you as a player, as everything.'

Winning the Europa League with Atletico Madrid and then reaching a semi-final of the World Cup is great.

There were great players at United, and I just didn't have the chance to play, which was fair. It was difficult getting into the team, that's all.

The best strikers make you sit up and take notice because every time they get the ball, you think that something amazing could happen. Of course they'll score goals, but they'll have something in their game which makes you think, 'Wow, he can win this game by doing something magical.'

Argentina produces great footballers, but Uruguay does the same.

Every player loves to score goals, but hat-tricks should be savoured, as they don't happen very often.

I like every game to matter, to feel like we must win.

I can't recall playing for a team who weren't involved in a fight for points at the end of the season. That would be strange for me.

Even as a kid, I'd kick a tennis ball against a wall with both feet for hours. That was one way to become two-footed.

I have never been at a club where the players talked so much about a previous manager as they did about Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan.

People seem to love or hate Mourinho, but players tend to love him.

'Seba' Veron was one of the best players I shared a dressing room with. Not only was he technically gifted and could pass the ball accurately over distance, not only could he anticipate where players would run, but he also ran himself.