People say that Rooney could have been like Lionel Messi, a more prolific goalscorer who dribbles past opponents more. But they are different characters. You will never see Messi snapping around the heels of an opponent to win the ball back deep in his own half. Wayne does that all the time, and sometimes that enthusiasm will count against him.
Diego Costa is a good example. He's doing very well, and he's arguably one of the best strikers in the world, so I have to see what he does and add it to my game.
My goals are to be the Bundesliga top scorer and to win the Europa League.
The FA Cup has been good for me, and I have scored some goals, but I want to get better because I need to get better. Scoring goals is one of the things that I need to do better because a player in my position must do that. I want to achieve many other things, but that is the main one.
I don't think about being a goalscorer. Basically, it doesn't interest me. It's nice to score, of course, but I don't go round thinking about this.
Strikers are expected to score, and I have two goals in eight games.
Harry Kane's a player I really look up to. You look at his goals, his finishing, and all aspects of his game.
I am a striker, a goalscorer. That is my art.
Even Cristiano Ronaldo has developed from a selfish goalscorer into someone who likes to pass the ball.
I go out to score goals, but I don't go out thinking about records.
I scored about 40 goals with Roma, so that's quite good.
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.
In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.
There is a no more complete striker than Ronaldo. Left foot, right foot, header - he is in perfect control of everything he does.
At Barcelona from the early days I was seen as a goalscorer. Going somewhere else for a while has shown me I can enjoy games from a perspective other than just scoring goals.
Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.
I used to play as a No. 10, in Bilbao, in most of the games, but when I came to United, when you come to one of the biggest clubs in the world, you realise that if you want to be a No. 10, you have to score 10, 12 goals per season.
People know what they're getting with me. It's part and parcel of football that people want to see new faces, but all I can do is play games, score goals and prove I can do it. My record is there for everyone to see.
Our sport needs lethal strikers, goalscorers, heroes. But football is much more than the moment of triumph.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is one of the best goalscorers in the world and even watching him in training and in games you can learn from him.
Jelavic improved massively going to the Premier League. He was great for Rangers, but Premier League is different: faster and more physical. He is perfect for the Premier League, has everything to succeed.
I am not saying that I am at the same level as Messi or Ronaldo. They are the best two players in the world, but I am very proud that I managed to finish above them in the goalscoring charts, especially as I was playing for Atletico Madrid, not Barcelona or Real Madrid.
Nowadays, as soon as a striker scores three goals, everyone starts asking him about it.
The Italian one is the toughest league of all for the attackers.
