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Being able to use both feet was something that came quite naturally to me ever since I started playing. However, it's something I work on all the time to make sure that level never gets any lower.
Being tall isn't what makes you a good footballer, and I don't think that's the defining factor in English football at all.
During your life, you always have different players that you like. When I was a child, because my dad liked the 'Dream Team', I liked Michael Laudrup.
I don't pay attention to which foot I'm developing. I just train normally and use both feet. I'd say I'm right-footed.
I like to smile. I try to bring happiness on and off the pitch. I don't understand how you can play football without joy.
I love watching English football. There are teams in the Premier League that play a style similar to Spanish teams - Arsenal, for example - but in general, it's much quicker; there's so much pace.
If I take a penalty, I prefer to take it with my right foot.
I'm lucky to have football. My father was 16 when he worked in the mines. That's practically a child, going down the mines.
It's strange that we don't see more English players going to the Spanish league.
Malaga were the club that bid the hardest for me, and they were the first, too. When Villarreal told me that they wanted to sell me, I chose them.
Sometimes you are valued more when you're away than when you are in your own country.
There were lots of Spanish teams who didn't want to sign me because of my height when I was 15, 16 years old.
They've put skin from my arm on my ankle and from my thigh on my arm. So whenever I get asked what's happened to me, I end up saying it's like a little jigsaw, parts of my body all over the place.
What I would do after training is stay half an hour and kick the ball against a wall with my weaker foot over and over again to make sure it gets stronger. And young players should remember that everything comes from the base of hard work, so never give up.
At Atletico, I always played with older players, sometimes out of position. I'd keep going back until I beat them.
During that year with Madrid, I learned many things; I matured a lot. It was a difficult year because many non-sporting things were happening.
For me and for Atletico, it's the same: Simeone is everything.
Fulham wanted me when I was 16. They were in the Premier League at the time with Mark Hughes, and I was close to going.
Griezmann needs to think about what he says. You have to think about where you are and what team you represent.
Hard things make me happy. You get upset, but you mature and improve: the quicker you reach your best level, the longer you stay there. They say players peak at 28; I wanted to be there at 22, 23.
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Al Hirt
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07 November, 1922
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27 April, 1999
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