Hard work eliminates fear. That's how I think.
Romelu Lukaku
My physique? It is a gift from God.
If you weren't with me when I had nothing, then you can't really understand me.
Chelsea is my favourite team. I have always said it, and I have never hidden it.
I have always been scoring goals, and now the quality of goals I am scoring is better.
I'll never say it's good enough. It's a pressure I put on myself.
I'm Romelu Lukaku. I want to create my own history.
Everton as a football club has a great history.
Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.
People in football love to talk about mental strength. Well, I'm the strongest dude you're ever going to meet.
It's about winning games and scoring as many goals as possible.
If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.
No matter where you play, you want to be remembered.
A move to MLS - you never know. New York or Los Angeles, you never know.
I wanted to be the best footballer in Belgian history. That was my goal. Not good. Not great. The best.
I know I have a lot of talent.
I can do a lot of stuff, score goals with my left, right, and head.
I am going to work hard in training and give it my all.
That's the state of mind I have - I always want to be better.
I ensure I am focused throughout the game, whether that is making a chance for myself or receiving the ball from a teammate to score.
I have to make sure I stay focused and have the same ambition I've always had and work hard - that's the key to success.
Personally, I don't let my head go down; I just keep working hard.
I used to run to school with my brother Jordan. It was two or three miles there and back. We'd do it every day. My parents didn't have the money to buy us bikes. It was nice; we enjoyed it.
He was the main guy at Manchester United, and he's a guy I really look up to and who I learn from a lot because we share the same agent. Here and there, he sends a bit of advice to me, and it helps me improve. But I'm Romelu Lukaku - I'm not Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
I don't like to look at what other players are doing.
My father was my hero when I was still a boy.
I've always had a goal to win as many trophies as I can and to play for a club like Manchester United.
I started playing at six. I was at a school always playing football with my friends. But I was always bored at home. I asked my father if he could start me in a football team. He took me to a team called Rupel Boom, who were playing in the fourth division in Belgium, and I stayed there for four years.
As a football player, I don't play for the individual.
I don't dive. I'm not a player who dives.
As long as I win and lead my team to winning, that's when I will be really satisfied.
If you want to be one of the best, you have to look at the best.
I don't touch anything I don't deserve.
For me, family has always been more important than football. The most important thing for me is that my parents and my brother are fine. That is the first thing on my mind when I wake up every day.
I'm not a selfish guy.
I want to make sure when my team is having difficulties, they can count on me.
I was always a striker ever since I was a little boy. I always wanted to put the ball in the net and have the feeling of scoring a goal.
The first thing I do on a Sunday is five hours in front of the TV watching football, football, football. I watch my games back and pick out what didn't go right and try to make sure it goes well next time.
The reason I score more and more goals, season after season, is I know my mistakes from the past, I know my strengths, and I work on my strengths, but the little points I want to get better, and it's constant.
When you're not happy, you don't need to fake your emotions.
Football is what, 15 years? I want to invest 100% of my life into the game, so when it's all said and done, I don't want to have regrets.
I sit next to Drogba in the dressing room. I listen all the time because he gives advice.
I always said I wanted to play for a team that's challenging for every trophy that there is there.
I looked up to Cristiano Ronaldo, and then it was always Didier Drogba.
When Manchester United and Jose Mourinho come knocking at the door, it is an opportunity of a lifetime and one that I could not turn down.
At the end of the day, I just want to work hard for the team, and if I improve, I'm really satisfied.
My father has always been a big influence in my life.
When I was 11 years old, I was playing for the Lierse youth team, and one of the parents from the other team literally tried to stop me from going on the pitch. He was like, 'How old is this kid? Where is his ID? Where is he from?'
I work hard and do everything to make sure I am in the starting line-up.
What I would like most is to play in the Champions League and try to win the Premier League once. Or better - a few times.
