Explore the best collection of 100 insightful quotes by Romelu Lukaku, covering motivation, success, dedication, and more. Get inspired by the words of the renowned footballer and gain valuable insights into his mindset and philosophy.
Romelu Lukaku, who was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1993, is a football player of Congo origin who plays for the Belgium National team.
Romelu Lukaku Quotes
1- “I want to prove to other people that I have something in my mind and intellectual qualities, not just the ability to play football.” -Romelu Lukaku
2-“At the end of my career, you never know what might happen. I think that a move to MLS… maybe.” -Romelu Lukaku
3- “I sit next to Drogba in the dressing room. I listen all the time because he gives advice.” -Romelu Lukaku
4- “Chelsea is my favourite team. I have always said it, and I have never hidden it.” -Romelu Lukaku
5- “Hard work eliminates fear. That’s how I think.” -Romelu Lukaku
6- “That’s the state of mind I have – I always want to be better.” -Romelu Lukaku
7- “I’ve been working to be a pro since I was 11 years old.” -Romelu Lukaku
8- “I wanted to be the best footballer in Belgian history. That was my goal. Not good. Not great. The best.” -Romelu Lukaku
9- “I’ve always had a goal to win as many trophies as I can and to play for a club like Manchester United.” -Romelu Lukaku
10- “You have to be ambitious in life.” -Romelu Lukaku
11- “I never lift weights.” -Romelu Lukaku
12- “As long as I win and lead my team to winning, that’s when I will be really satisfied.” -Romelu Lukaku
13- “When you do well for a team like Everton, it’s easier to go into a top team and establish yourself.” -Romelu Lukaku
14- “When you score, you are a hero.” -Romelu Lukaku
15- “It’s about winning games and scoring as many goals as possible.” -Romelu Lukaku
16- “I don’t touch anything I don’t deserve.” -Romelu Lukaku
17- “I try to remain calm and treat my club with respect.” -Romelu Lukaku
18- “I just want to improve and show the people what I can do on the pitch.” -Romelu Lukaku
19- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
20- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
21- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
22- “I am going to work hard in training and give it my all.” -Romelu Lukaku
23- “In football, anything can happen. You can have an injury, and then you won’t play at the highest level anymore. If you don’t have a diploma, what then?” -Romelu Lukaku
24- “You have to be patient in the Premier League.” -Romelu Lukaku
25- “People in football love to talk about mental strength. Well, I’m the strongest dude you’re ever going to meet.” -Romelu Lukaku
26- “Personally, I don’t let my head go down; I just keep working hard.” -Romelu Lukaku
27- “Obviously, the World Cup is nice and the Euros is really nice as well, but I have always dreamed of the Champions League.” -Romelu Lukaku
28- “Drogba is more of a hold-up player, a target man. I prefer to have ball to feet and run in behind.” -Romelu Lukaku
29- “When younger, I was tall but very skinny. When I was 14, I grew and started gaining muscles. So I started doing sit-ups, abs work, press-ups, strengthening my core. I’d do 100-150 reps each day. I knew if my core was strong enough, I would get fewer muscle injuries.” -Romelu Lukaku
30- “A move to MLS – you never know. New York or Los Angeles, you never know.” -Romelu Lukaku
31- “I live day by day.” -Romelu Lukaku
32- “The billions watching and following the Premier League don’t tune in to see you in training. They want to know what you can do in a match.” -Romelu Lukaku
33- “I know I have a lot of talent.” -Romelu Lukaku
34- “I always said I wanted to play for a team that’s challenging for every trophy that there is there.” -Romelu Lukaku
35- “Sometimes footballers, we get soft a little bit.” -Romelu Lukaku
36- “Chelsea and Arsenal tried to sign me when I was 13, 14.” -Romelu Lukaku
37- “I don’t dive. I’m not a player who dives.” -Romelu Lukaku
38-“I feel a lot of people working in the media don’t know how much of a student of the game I am. They don’t know that if we play on a Saturday, the first thing I do when I get home is watch the other games, watch the other leagues.” -Romelu Lukaku
39- “When you’re not happy, you don’t need to fake your emotions.” -Romelu Lukaku
40- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
41-“I work hard and do everything to make sure I am in the starting line-up.” -Romelu Lukaku
42-” I’m a goal scorer, so I’m here to score goals, but at the end of the day, I want to help my team-mates reach something, so we are working hard.” -Romelu Lukaku
43- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
44- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
45- “My father has always been a big influence in my life.” -Romelu Lukaku
46- “Every striker has to have that edge. When they are not scoring, or when the team is losing, they explode.” -Romelu Lukaku
47- “I want my team to be the best. I want my team to be the most attractive to play in the league.” -Romelu Lukaku
48- “As a young kid, you dream of playing in every big team.” -Romelu Lukaku
49- “As a youngster, you normally have to play. How will you be one of the best not playing?” -Romelu Lukaku
50- “If you weren’t with me when I had nothing, then you can’t really understand me.” -Romelu Lukaku
51- “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. ” -Romelu Lukaku
52- “I just want to be good, help my team-mates win the games, and score a lot of goals.” -Romelu Lukaku
53- “No matter where you play, you want to be remembered.” -Romelu Lukaku
54- “My physique? It is a gift from God.” -Romelu Lukaku
55- “You cannot only be remembered by scoring goals; you want to be remembered by winning trophies.” -Romelu Lukaku
56- “If you don’t have ambition to be one of the best, someone will always come and take your place.” -Romelu Lukaku
57- “I’m used to playing under pressure. In the Premier League, there are big players and big teams – we are used to it.” -Romelu Lukaku
58- “I give my best every day in training and in games; this is the only way that I know how to play football.” -Romelu Lukaku
59- “At Manchester United, we play to win. That’s my first mentality when I get onto the pitch. Then everything else comes with it.” -Romelu Lukaku
60- “Football is all about having fun – but playing to win at the same time. When you find the right balance, there’s so much more to enjoy.” -Romelu Lukaku
61- “I want to make sure when my team is having difficulties, they can count on me.” -Romelu Lukaku
62- “If you can’t play under pressure, you shouldn’t be at a World Cup.” -Romelu Lukaku
63- “I love English, Spanish, and German football.” -Romelu Lukaku
64- There is no denying that the English league is perfect for me, but there are nice clubs elsewhere, too.
65- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
66- “I can do a lot of stuff, score goals with my left, right, and head.” -Romelu Lukaku
67- “When we were kids, we couldn’t even afford to watch Thierry Henry on Match of the Day.” -Romelu Lukaku
68- “I looked up to Cristiano Ronaldo, and then it was always Didier Drogba.” -Romelu Lukaku
69- “I’m not a selfish guy.” -Romelu Lukaku
70- “If you want to be one of the best, you have to look at the best.” -Romelu Lukaku
71- “If I don’t score, I try to give an assist; if I do score, I try to give an assist and score another.” -Romelu Lukaku
72- “As a football player, I don’t play for the individual.” -Romelu Lukaku
73- “I just want to become the best player I can be.” -Romelu Lukaku
74- “Everton as a football club has a great history.” -Romelu Lukaku
75- “I’m Romelu Lukaku. I want to create my own history.” -Romelu Lukaku
76- “People want to see you on the pitch. That was why I left Chelsea. I didn’t want to hear people saying, ‘Hey, he’s doing well in training, blah blah blah… ‘ The game is what counts.” -Romelu Lukaku
77- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
78- “My father was my hero when I was still a boy.” -Romelu Lukaku
79- “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.” -Romelu Lukaku
80- “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?” -Romelu Lukaku
81- “When you see your father playing in the first division, and you see players like Ronaldo with the crowd singing their names, you want that.” -Romelu Lukaku
82- “I always said to my friends that I would play for Chelsea one day.” -Romelu Lukaku
83- “I have always been scoring goals, and now the quality of goals I am scoring is better.” -Romelu Lukaku
84- “People used to talk to me about that and say, ‘Rom doesn’t play with passion.’ I do, but I don’t show it too much because in my mind, I’m a guy that thinks a lot about how to win the game. Sometimes I let the emotions just come now, and it helps me.” -Romelu Lukaku
85- “Every player wants to play in the Champions League.” -Romelu Lukaku
86- “When you play for United, you have to perform every week.” -Romelu Lukaku
87- “At the end of the day, I just want to work hard for the team, and if I improve, I’m really satisfied.” -Romelu Lukaku
88- “Every player wants to play at the highest level.” -Romelu Lukaku
89- “I would rather have a career where I improve year after year than go to the top and then decline. There are a lot of strikers that reached the top before 25, but after 25, they went down.” -Romelu Lukaku
90- “I play with Sacha Kljestan, and I talk a lot with him about playing in MLS.” -Romelu Lukaku
91- “I don’t like to look at what other players are doing.” –Romelu Lukaku
92- “I started playing when I was 16. Year in, year out, people expect 20 goals from me.” –Romelu Lukaku
93- “I’m very fast, I’m very strong, and I work a lot.” –Romelu Lukaku
94- “Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.” –Romelu Lukaku
95- “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. ” –Romelu Lukaku
96- “I’ll never say it’s good enough. It’s a pressure I put on myself. ” –Romelu Lukaku
97- “I want to help my team-mates as much as possible.” –Romelu Lukaku
98- “For me, football is not about money – I want to win prizes.” –Romelu Lukaku
99- “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.” –Romelu Lukaku
100- “I think I’ve proven that I’ve improved every part of my game.” –Romelu Lukaku
