Liverpool striker Luis Suarez admits he's made a conscious effort over the past year to clean up his image.
The 27-year-old's reputation had reached an all-time low last summer, with the striker agitating for a move away from Anfield and serving a lengthy ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic.
"I want to change the bad boy image that has stuck for a bit because I don't think I am at all how I have been portrayed," Suarez told Sports Illustrated.
"I would like that to change because it's awful to hear and read what is said of you. On the field, sometimes passion overwhelms you and you do things you regret afterward.
"At the same time, you have a chance to learn from those things.
"I think I [have] been a role model since last summer; I have been professional, and I have the desire to forge ahead and play well regardless of what is said to me."
