Torre(s)

I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'

There's no point in making predictions. It's not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football. Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.

The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying.

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

What is important for me is that the people who know me for real know Mario how he really is. People who don't know me, they read newspapers and they watch TV. TV is made to give a lot of opinions... so I can't show the real Mario to everybody.

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.

Fernando Torres is included in Spain's 30-man provisional World Cup squad

I mondiali hanno scandito i tempi della nostra vita e scandiranno quelli di chi verrà

Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.

In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.

I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Primissimo allenamento, facciamo possesso palla. Lui non la perde mai, gli resta sempre incollata al piede. Quel giorno pensai che avrebbe fatto la storia dell'Inter.