FILIPE LUIS

Playing with Coutinho is easy. He's a very quick player who dribbles well. He knows how to play out wide, and my job is not just to go past and help him: it's also to give the greatest number of passes to him in space around the opposition right-back.

At the level Neymar moves at, you do not change teams for money.

When you work with Mourinho, you have to know that the group, the collective is above the individual.

I was delighted when I found out that Atletico wanted to take me back. It's the best thing that could have happened to me.

I consider my time with Chelsea a personal triumph.

When you're not playing, sometimes you're not full of confidence.

Paulinho will surprise many people. If he does not fit at Barca, he would at Atletico.

I admire Messi: he's never complained to me in any game we played, but I've also never asked him for his jersey and never would. I came to win, not to say I played against Messi.

Neymar and Hazard are amazing talents, but the player who gave me most trophies was Diego Costa.

At Atleti, you get to be at a club which is growing all the time. I don't believe there is any better club.

Speaking about Mourinho is always controversial, and there's always some intrigue surrounding him. But he is an awesome coach who tries to take the maximum from each and every one of his players.

He always scores the opening goal. Because it is one thing to score 30 goals with hat-tricks in easy wins, and another that 20 of those 30 goals are enough to win 1-0. Nobody does that as well as Diego Costa.

Everything can happen in football.

You know 'The Shawshank Redemption?' I've seen that movie, like, 30 times or something. 'Dirty Harry,' too - I love that movie.

I lived in Holland for one year when I was younger and, although they speak Dutch there, I learned a little bit of English while I was there, but really I learned from movies and TV series like '24' and 'Prison Break.'

In Spain you fight, of course, against Real Madrid and Barcelona, and they almost never lose because they have the biggest squads, and they are two of the biggest clubs in the world. So it's really difficult.

Some players benefit from criticism, but for others, they don't.

Often, players talk when they feel they are not being valued as they deserve. Then they get more attention.

Epic things happen in soccer.

It's true I wasn't as important at Chelsea. I never demanded that. What I wanted was to be a champion, because few people get that. I succeeded. But the happiness wasn't there.

It's not easy playing against Barcelona in the Champions League. They are a club with a lot of history.

The Ballon d'Or is a subjective matter.

I have always liked Chelsea a lot. I watch a lot of the Premier League, and it is a club where you can feel the warmth of the fans.

I feel at home in Madrid. I have always felt important, wanted, and trusted by everyone here.

Many players enter the pitch just to change shirts, but I don't.