Top 92 Diego Costa Quotes December 20, 2020 by Krista Aniston Leave a Comment “Don’t put wings on me; I am no angel.”― Diego Costa“I’m no angel. You can see that. But every time I play, I will play the same way because that’s the way I am.”― Diego Costa“Goals are what count for me. It’s not about a battle with defenders. Fighting hard, giving everything and working hard on the field you have to combine with the goals you score. It doesn’t matter if defenders want to battle with me or not; I will just be trying to do my job as well as I possibly can.”― Diego Costa“The key for me is to score goals and win trophies.”― Diego Costa“What worries me is to be in the best physical form to score goals.”― Diego Costa“I have a go at defenders, and they have a go at me. We argue… Whatever happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.”― Diego Costa“People ended up not thinking much of me. They saw me as a bit of a troublemaker. It’s important to change people’s impressions.”― Diego Costa“Scoring goals is scoring goals. From a striker’s point of view, the aim is the same.”― Diego Costa“My mindset is always to be victorious, to win the match.”― Diego Costa“As we say, finals are not to play them, they are to win them.”― Diego Costa“I started playing football on the streets; I grew up playing football on the streets with my friends, and that’s why I was brought up the way I was. That’s the school I had – the street football.”― Diego Costa“I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big ‘thank you’ for the love they show me.”― Diego Costa“Obviously, I have to enjoy all I have. People depend on you, and now I can look back at everything I’ve gone through to get here with a different perspective.”― Diego Costa“I look back, and I know what I left behind in Lagarto when I pursued my own dream.”― Diego Costa“In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That’s the first gift – so my dad was no different.”― Diego Costa“I wished I could go back to Atletico; I’m not going to lie.”― Diego Costa“Life has many turns.”― Diego Costa“I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play.”― Diego Costa“There are managers who always say what people want to hear. I think that’s not good.”― Diego Costa“I’d rather have someone who tells me straight up what happens rather than sweet things that I want to hear.”― Diego Costa“Always, when things don’t go the way that everyone expects, people – the supporters as well – always look for someone to blame. In some cases, they blame the players.”― Diego Costa“I think it’s really important for managers to be liked by his players because ultimately, on the pitch, those players will give everything for their manager.”― Diego Costa“When a game comes around, that’s the time to be serious. During the week, the training sessions are serious, but away from there, you have to relax and switch off.”― Diego Costa“It’s important to be right physically.”― Diego Costa“I haven’t done great things for Spain – I can’t lie – but when I play well, they should say so. They criticise me for my character, but I also have quality.”― Diego Costa“When we go to the pitch, that’s all we want to do – we want to win – and when the game finishes, if you win, you go home happy.”― Diego Costa“You always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.”― Diego Costa“You just have to be prepared because in the Premier League, you are not always going to have more than once chance to score. When it comes your way, you have to be ready to take that chance. If you’re not calm, you know it might not come again.”― Diego Costa“I have always seen Drogba as the example to follow in terms of a centre-forward. He was strong and scored loads of goals, and he was a quality player.”― Diego Costa“I always wanted to win. Everyone has a bit of that in them, but I have even more of a will to win. Sometimes I might go overboard, whereas there are others who, yes, they want to win, but if they don’t, it’s no big deal for them.”― Diego Costa“I want to win and always have done since I was small. I don’t know if it’s in my blood or just my personality.”― Diego Costa“If I go on to the pitch, do things well and the fans love me and my team-mates, too, we take on that energy which can change a game.”― Diego Costa“Check my records: you’ll find I’ve never caused a bad injury to a player.”― Diego Costa“I consider myself a player who fights and gives everything on the pitch. Those who know me and appreciate those values understand what I say.”― Diego Costa“The bottom line is that sometimes the little things I do on the pitch provoke exaggerated reactions.”― Diego Costa“In England, the referees don’t call many fouls, as opposed to Spanish football. Consequently, you must be really strong all through the 90 minutes.”― Diego Costa“If I change in any way, I’m not going to be the same player.”― Diego Costa“Do I enjoy the aggression of English football? No. I like to play football. I like to score goals. I like to do things well.”― Diego Costa“If you do not have the team behind you, then you can’t do things on your own. It all depends on the team.”― Diego Costa“Every striker has their way of playing and their strengths and a different team behind them. That is very important.”― Diego Costa“A season is very long, and there will be periods where you’ll be very good and moments where you won’t be as good.”― Diego Costa“I have to be extra careful, but I’m never going to change the way I play.”― Diego Costa“I don’t pick tournaments to score or rivals or other teams to score against. I’m a striker: every game I play, I want to score.”― Diego Costa“Wembley is a ground with great history. It’s hosted games and players of great prestige. It’s always important playing on great stages like this.”― Diego Costa“I think that football has always had a passionate, aggressive side, with players giving their all. People have to get used to this.”― Diego Costa“Some people seem to think football is like theatre and that everyone has to play the good guy. But I think that you transform when you cross the white line: you’re not the same person as off it.”― Diego Costa“If you ask a million players who they would want as manager, they will come back with a top three list of Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, or Diego Simeone.”― Diego Costa“I am Brazilian, and that is not going to change, but I want to win the World Cup with Spain.”― Diego Costa“On Conte’s first day, I told him that I wanted to join Atletico, and he was upset with me and didn’t even look at me. Luckily, I started to score goals.”― Diego Costa“I don’t have a problem with any defenders. I’ve always played against great defenders.”― Diego Costa“I joined a club like Chelsea to win titles.”― Diego Costa“I don’t like losing. I don’t like to be in a losing position, and I show this a lot. I demonstrate on the pitch.”― Diego Costa“We always have to show our character on the pitch, and I show my feelings.”― Diego Costa“If you work hard and there’s not a good atmosphere, the work doesn’t mean a thing.”― Diego Costa“You can run 20km, 80, 100, and if there’s no spirit between the players, the coaches, as colleagues, it won’t come out as well.”― Diego Costa“Work goes well if you give your best with the guy beside you.”― Diego Costa“It’s important to keep winning games.”― Diego Costa“I never complained about my teammates, and I have to thank them because they always supported me and never allowed me to give up.”― Diego Costa“Everyone has to be their own critic.”― Diego Costa“I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.”― Diego Costa“I thought it was very important to keep growing with Atletico and to play there for many years.”― Diego Costa“In life, anything can happen, and I do not close the door to anything.”― Diego Costa“I want to be on the pitch, and I want to be cool.”― Diego Costa“Sometimes I even tell my relatives and my friends that I get a lot of love from the fans, and I’m not sure if it’s deserved.”― Diego Costa“I don’t need to hit people in order to play good football. I’m not a boxer after all.”― Diego Costa“I always commit myself to the teams I play for and always want to win. I hate losing. It’s just that, at times, I go about things the wrong way, and that created problems.”― Diego Costa“I grew up thinking a bit of pushing and shoving was completely normal. Then I suddenly learned that if you kick another player, you get in trouble. Nobody had ever reprimanded me for that before.”― Diego Costa“Atletico know I have a special feeling for the team. I lived the best moment of my career there.”― Diego Costa“Chelsea’s fans love me a lot, even more than in Atletico. Figure that!”― Diego Costa“I’ve done everything to come back to Atletico, but I wouldn’t fight the same to return. When Atletico didn’t wait for me, I had to go to Conte with the tail between my legs.”― Diego Costa“I’m just like that: I just always try to win, to get better, do my best, and it always annoys me to lose.”― Diego Costa“I think anyone in life, everyone in the world, no matter what work they do, they should think of wanting to get on, to win, improve.”― Diego Costa“I don’t think I am the type of person who thinks, ‘I dunno. Things are getting on top of me.’ It’s not that I think I’m any different to most people. I always make a big effort, to fight with all my strength, make the best of a situation, and always want to win.”― Diego Costa“The truth is I’m fairly relaxed.”― Diego Costa“You know when you have a manager that is always successful, is always in the title race and always playing in the Champions League.”― Diego Costa“The best way to attack is to defend well.”― Diego Costa“Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I’m not a cry baby.”― Diego Costa“I will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my supporters tell me.”― Diego Costa“I give no quarter, and I ask for none. Out there, I’m going to fight for my team and do the best I can.”― Diego Costa“Afterwards, when the match is over, I have my family and my friends. I have fun like a normal person.”― Diego Costa“It is not easy for me to pick out one goal or match as my favourite, but if I had to choose one Wembley memory, it would probably be my free-kick against Portsmouth in 2010.”― Diego Costa“Put me there on the pitch if you want to see how much it means to me or how hungry I am to win more medals.”― Diego Costa“I can only watch calmly if the match is decided or my team are dominating. But I get passionate very easily.”― Diego Costa“I don’t go into a game with specific targets. I don’t pinpoint an opposing player before a match, trying to exploit a kind of weakness.”― Diego Costa“If you pinpointed someone before the kick-off, probably you would become embroiled in a fight, and you would be distracted from what really matters and not play well.”― Diego Costa“Football is my life, and I cannot imagine myself doing anything other than playing this game.”― Diego Costa“I am glad I have given my family the life I wanted for them. That is my responsibility.”― Diego Costa“Jose Mourinho has been really clear about what he expects from me, saying he wants me working hard rather than just scoring. Hard work is what he values.”― Diego Costa“On the pitch, I will always be like that. That’s my character, and I will always compete and compete – always. I’m a different guy off the pitch, as you can see, but on the pitch, I will not change.”― Diego Costa“I want to be competitive; I want to run all over – I want to win.”― Diego Costa“I can accept defeat, but I love to win and be competitive. It is my job, and I love it.”― Diego Costa“I train all week just to play for 90 minutes. I love playing games, and so during those 90 minutes, it’s always 100 per cent.”― Diego Costa
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