Top 92 Quotes & Sayings by Diego Costa - Page 2

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian athlete Diego Costa.

Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Atletico know I have a special feeling for the team. I lived the best moment of my career there.

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Football is my life, and I cannot imagine myself doing anything other than playing this game.

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

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.

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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.

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You know when you have a manager that is always successful, is always in the title race and always playing in the Champions League.

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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.

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It's important to keep winning games.

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I want to be on the pitch, and I want to be cool.

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I think that football has always had a passionate, aggressive side, with players giving their all. People have to get used to this.

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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

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.

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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.

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Many times players have done stuff to me, like kick me. But I'm not a cry baby.

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I am glad I have given my family the life I wanted for them. That is my responsibility.

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I look back, and I know what I left behind in Lagarto when I pursued my own dream.

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I will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my supporters tell me.

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I can only watch calmly if the match is decided or my team are dominating. But I get passionate very easily.

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Afterwards, when the match is over, I have my family and my friends. I have fun like a normal person.

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As we say, finals are not to play them, they are to win them.

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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.

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If you work hard and there's not a good atmosphere, the work doesn't mean a thing.

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I don't have a problem with any defenders. I've always played against great defenders.

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I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.

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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.

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The truth is I'm fairly relaxed.

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I never complained about my teammates, and I have to thank them because they always supported me and never allowed me to give up.

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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.

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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.

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We always have to show our character on the pitch, and I show my feelings.

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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.