Luis Suarez Quotes & Sayings

It's especially important for my little girl to see her papa at work. — Luis Suarez

Put 'Luis Suarez' into an Internet search engine, and up comes the word 'racist.' It's a stain that is there for ever. And it is one that I feel I do not deserve. — Luis Suarez

I've been obsessed by football since I was young. — Luis Suarez

My wife says that if people reach conclusions as to what I am like based on what they see from me on the pitch they would say I am a guy who is always annoyed, always in a bad mood, they'd say what must it be like to live with me. There are two of me, two different people. — Luis Suarez

I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it. — Luis Suarez

I much prefer being told off by Brendan Rodgers than by my wife. Brendan is more careful than my wife with what he says. — Luis Suarez

When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that. — Luis Suarez

Barcelona are always a candidate to win the Champions League. — Luis Suarez

If you win while scoring goals, then you leave happy, but the most important thing is always the team. I do not think just of me. — Luis Suarez

I'd have to say I enjoy myself a lot more, really. I don't feel so much responsibility as I did in other teams. It felt sometimes at Ajax and Liverpool that it had to be me. Now, every time I go out on to the pitch, I enjoy myself and laugh. I have gone through too many difficult times in my career and I don't want to keep thinking about them. — Luis Suarez

At first I didn't think I was going to fit into Barcelona's way of playing. There was a lot of tiki-taka and I was thinking that without a lot of space to play in, I'd find it more difficult. I worried about that. — Luis Suarez

I'm used to being the main goal scorer, but I also always like to help. — Luis Suarez

Steven Gerrard is the best player I've ever played with. — Luis Suarez

There are only three million people in Uruguay, but there is such hunger for glory: you'll do anything to make it; you have that extra desire to run, to suffer. I can't explain our success, but I think that's a reason. — Luis Suarez

In the Premier League you never really know what is going to happen. There is very little between the teams. — Luis Suarez

I have always preferred to keep things to myself rather than sharing them with anyone, but I am learning that if you let it go, you feel better for it. Don't keep it all bottled up inside; don't take it all on alone. — Luis Suarez

The only thing I want is the respect of the fans of Liverpool and the fans of the national team of Uruguay. — Luis Suarez

Liverpool will always be special for me: my daughter was born here. — Luis Suarez

We don't even get food for 2 times a day, still I didn't give up and continued to play football — Luis Suarez

Every player would love to get to the absolute top, and Real Madrid is it. — Luis Suarez

I don't read the papers or watch TV. — Luis Suarez

I had a really hard time growing up; we were a large family, and we didn't have much money at home. — Luis Suarez

People ask, 'How can you let a defeat hurt you so much?' But it comes back to the effort you have put into your career as a youngster. — Luis Suarez

My parents separated when I was nine, but my father was always around, and he still follows me now. He is always sending me messages. — Luis Suarez

When I say, 'I'm sorry,' it's because I regret something. — Luis Suarez

If you don't speak Spanish, then don't accuse me of insulting you in that language, let alone insulting you ten times. — Luis Suarez

It was very hard for me as a kid to get through as a footballer in Uruguay. — Luis Suarez

I think the people who really know who Luis is are the people who are by my side, who have always been by my side. — Luis Suarez

I normally try to be tranquil on the pitch. — Luis Suarez

Sometimes English football takes pride in having the lowest yellow-card count in Europe, but of course it will have if you can take someone's leg off and still not be booked. — Luis Suarez

On the pitch, I argue, I shout, I talk rubbish and generally do anything I can to get ahead. — Luis Suarez

I always want more. I always want my team to perform to their best. — Luis Suarez

It's important for the team not to be relying on one player. — Luis Suarez

Of course I don't like the fact that my wife goes to the supermarket and there are photographers. But I realise that the press attention is the same wherever you go. — Luis Suarez

Every forward is selfish, and any forward who tells you he is not selfish is a liar. — Luis Suarez

I think all the bad things I have been through are in the past. I believe I am on the right path now, dealing with the people who can help me, the right kind of people. — Luis Suarez

I want to do things right. I really, really do. — Luis Suarez

I'm not going to another club to hurt Liverpool. — Luis Suarez

I've scored many goals that I've liked, but I think the best memory I have is the one against Korea in the 2010 World Cup. — Luis Suarez

You just can't believe how quickly things happen in football and the way life turns. I went from being the bad guy, the worst player who gets all the criticism, to being the player who makes the difference and scores the important goals. — Luis Suarez

Every soccer player can be on the edge, at the limit, be the bad guy. We have to get used to it. Sometimes I am one of those. — Luis Suarez

I need to be playing in the Champions League. — Luis Suarez

There are people who criticise me, and that's normal because of the way I am on the pitch. I get angry, I get tense. — Luis Suarez

There is always a chance to get even and I'm proud of the fact that for all the blows I always got back up again. That's what makes me most content. — Luis Suarez

My desire at Liverpool was to help get the club playing in the elite because they had been five years without it. We used to talk about it in the dressing room. If Liverpool are not in the Champions League, it is difficult to get the best players to come to the club. — Luis Suarez

Everyone has different ways of defending themselves. — Luis Suarez

On the field, sometimes passion overwhelms you, and you do things you regret afterward. — Luis Suarez

At clubs like Liverpool, great players come and go. — Luis Suarez

When I was playing for Nacional in Montevideo, the players who lived outside the city would be given money by the club to get there and back on the bus. — Luis Suarez

Obviously, being a forward, I would like to score more goals. But while the team does well, there is no problem. — Luis Suarez

If you score 20 goals one season, then you have to promise yourself that in the following season you will get 25. — Luis Suarez

In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team. — Luis Suarez

Gabriel Batistuta. He was a spectacular No 9 - great at finding space, shooting from outside the box, good in the air. He was always a reference for me and I used to watch the way he played. — Luis Suarez

Of course I would like to play with Cristiano Ronaldo - he is a great player. — Luis Suarez

Coaches have told me I can help the team much more if I don't talk, if I don't moan. — Luis Suarez

I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth. — Luis Suarez

When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfriend Sofia, who is now my wife, I think it all changed. She was very important for me, because she steered me back on to the path I wanted to be on. — Luis Suarez

It's a huge honour to wear No 7 at Liverpool. I think about the legends: Dalglish, Keegan and that Australian guy. — Luis Suarez

I wanted my children to be able to see me play at the World Cup. — Luis Suarez

I will give my soul every game. — Luis Suarez

When you feel you've done something wrong, you should apologise for it. — Luis Suarez

I think Liverpool have a long history with many great players. I hope one day to be up there with those great players. I'll try my best to write some history here. — Luis Suarez

I want to change the bad boy image that has stuck for a bit because I don't think I am at all how I have been portrayed. I would like that to change because it's awful to hear and read what is said of you. — Luis Suarez

It is always a bit hypocritical when a defender who spends the whole game kicking you complains of being kicked. — Luis Suarez

When I was a kid, I had to fight for everything. — Luis Suarez

Every player feels differently about playing football. We are all different people. I am the type who wants to win all the time. I hate to lose. — Luis Suarez

'Negro' can refer to anyone with dark hair as well as dark skin, and I've been used to the word being used in Spanish in this way all my life. — Luis Suarez

Injuries are not only a physical question, which is the most important thing, of course, but also a question of your mind. If you're thinking: 'I'm not going to make it', 'I can't cope', 'it hurts', 'it's never going to get better', then it won't. — Luis Suarez

I was asked a question: 'Would I want to play for Madrid?' It's like anyone asked if they want to change jobs and move to a bigger company. — Luis Suarez

I still sleep soundly every night. I'm not worried about everything people say. — Luis Suarez

I understand why biting is seen so badly. — Luis Suarez

Away from the pitch, I'm a very calm person. I maybe have the odd cross word with my wife, like any relationship, but that's it. — Luis Suarez

I have to put my career first. — Luis Suarez

It was a dream to arrive at Liverpool but I never wanted to just settle for what I had achieved. I wanted more. — Luis Suarez

Look, there's no rule in soccer against biting your opponent. There's not even a rule against eating your opponent. The only rule in soccer is that you can't use your hands. — Luis Suarez

I am obviously a striker who likes to score a lot of goals and have done that in every team I have been with. — Luis Suarez

I worry when I can't help the team with everything I have to offer. — Luis Suarez

All I can say is that I have arrived with the desire to be a success at Barca, that I am hungry to win titles. — Luis Suarez

Everything you see comes from inside. People don't see it but inside the dressing room we laugh and joke a lot so it's not just for the cameras. It's the way things are off the pitch too. We are happy for each other, it is all natural. — Luis Suarez

After my 10-match ban in 2013 for biting Branislav Ivanovic, I had questioned the double standards and how the fact that no one actually gets hurt is never taken into consideration. — Luis Suarez

I'm not envious of Leo [Messi]or Ney [Neymar]. Why would I be? If there is envy in the dressing room, you know it's only going to affect results. — Luis Suarez

My record shows that I'm not the kind of player who wants to change clubs every season, and I would have no problem playing in England for many more years. — Luis Suarez

A forward always has to help the team, either with assists or goals. — Luis Suarez

I'm paying for a mistake I made — Luis Suarez

That's the mentality - don't just play it, win it. — Luis Suarez

I've got a magnificent relationship with Leo (Messi) and Ney (Neymar). They drive the team, with Andres Iniesta as well - what a player. You know if you have a good relationship with them off the pitch it will be that way on the pitch too. They took it as a sign that I had come to help them, not to compete with them. — Luis Suarez

I never imagined playing in El Clasico. I used to watch the games and look at photos, and I used to say how incredible to play in it was. — Luis Suarez

Nobody in England knows the real Luis Suarez. — Luis Suarez

I know what my strengths are and what theirs are and what the three of us do is play for the good of the team. — Luis Suarez

It disturbs me that Liverpool are not in the Champions League and fighting for the Premier League. — Luis Suarez

I have a very strange way of playing football. — Luis Suarez

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes. — Luis Suarez

I'm an emotional person, and I externalise my feelings a lot with some things, but I'm strong with others. — Luis Suarez

My first season at Liverpool had good moments but also bad ones. We played three tournaments and we played two finals, and that was good. — Luis Suarez

I swear on my children's lives that I never look at the statistics or look at beating anyone's records. All I do is look to improve but not compete against any record. I want to win trophies and score goals because that's my job as a forward. — Luis Suarez

I want to be remembered for the good things - for winning the Champions League, for winning five of the first six trophies at Barcelona. I could win another Champions League and I want to go on making history. It goes back to the feeling of more responsibility at Liverpool. I felt I had to suffer more to not be criticised but here the responsibility falls on others too and I can enjoy it more. — Luis Suarez

I have been hit from all sides, and I'm only human. They have ended up talking about the way I look, and it hurts. I have a family, and they suffer, too. It has gone over the limit, and I am tired of it. I have a wife and child, too, and I am not prepared to go on putting up with it English journalists. — Luis Suarez

I never told you this but I always thought the club should have recognised you far more when you retired. For the career that you had, one of Liverpool's greatest players, you should have had a much bigger and better send-off in your final match. That's just what I felt. — Luis Suarez