118 Quotes by Diego Forlan

As a player, if a club is desperate to sign you, then you can benefit from that. Desperate clubs are prepared to pay more money; they are prepared to act decisively and play you.

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

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.

The passionate fans, pumped full of adrenalin, think they own their club and, by extension, the players because they play for their club. They don't. It is the club who 'own' the player, and only while he is under contract.

Sometimes, in the last minute, against big teams... you never expect you have the chance to win, but there is that 'garra' that everyone talks about.

I have played international games two days after travelling around the world. Your body clock is all over the place, and you are waking up at 4 AM. But once a game starts, then your adrenalin kicks in, and you seem to forget the tiredness.

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.

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

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