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It must be satisfying for you to be here today?
It’s a pleasure and a privilege for any footballer to be present at this Gala.
It is the second year that I have had the good luck to be here,
representing footballers around the globe who strive to be good professionals.
I already had this experience last year and know it will be a memorable occasion.
You’ve been voted for by your fellow players. For me, they are the only ones who can really judge.
That’s right. Football players are the ones who really know about those best and worst moments,
what is to overcome injuries. To be chosen by them is yet
another motivation to improve day by day, and I want to thank every one of them.
What remains of the young Torres? Today you are not a kid any more.
There is a great deal and very little left over from those days. Little because I am growing up and
getting closer to my objectives, much because I am still playing with the same enthusiasm.
I also believe that good footballers always have to be good role models for youngsters.
Children must be able to play and enjoy football without having to think about what’s behind the game.
I enjoy assuming that responsibility of being a role model for young people and hope to continue even after I retire from the game.
Everybody used to talk about Marcelino’s goal, although you might not remember it;
nowadays everyone talks about Fernando Torres’ goal.
That’s true. I was lucky to be at the right place at the right time and hope that we don’t have
to wait so long to win another European Cup. I hope my goal won’t be remembered too long.
Even though it is always nice to have your name go down in the history books,
people should remember it above all as a goal of the whole team.
Everyone who knows you knows of your solidarity and that your voice carries weight.
That makes being able to count on your collaboration in FIFPro so important.
Helping children is a pleasure for me. Children are our future and it makes me happy
to provide them with everything I did not have as a child. Children are our only legacy.
Especially now that you’ve become a parent yourself? These are highly important issues for you.
My congratulations. This has been a most agreeable interview.
Many thanks. It’s been very enjoyable for me too.