The Manchester City marksman is one of the most prolific strikers in global football and admits that his knack for scoring goals is an instinctive talent.
In an interview with TNT Sports, Haaland said: "There were a lot of things I found out I was good at, first of all. The way of scoring goals can sometimes be, don't get me wrong, it can be 'easy'.
"Just put the ball in behind, run and score. When you look at the goal I scored against Galatasaray, it's the perfect example of this. But a lot of it comes down to myself.
"I've watched others, and watched goals from the likes of Thierry Henry. You take small things from some of the goals he scored, as well as a lot of different strikers."
The Norway international continued: "But you then kind of go your own way, which I think is a good thing. If you're young and if you want to become better... I've always wanted to become better... but I also just wanted to enjoy playing football when I was young.
"I didn't think, 'Oh, I need to train hard, learn to do this or that'. I played football because it was a nice thing to do, and when you do nice things, you want to do it more.
"Then, you become good at it as well. I was lucky to have a good talent, good people around me, because that's also important and also to have the mentality to train a lot as well."
Haaland explained that he sees complacency as a bigger rival than any opposition player.
He said: "The motivation always has to be within myself.
"How I approach every single day, how I wake up with the right mindset of, 'It's another day, I play for Man City'. I'm actually living the dream of so many 100s of millions of people in this world, so for me that's motivation in itself.
"To stand here talking about my goals and records is a way of motivating myself. The fact that people are looking up to me is also motivation in itself, so for me, it's about continuing, it's about not being injured, doing the right things, staying around the right people, and to keep going.
"When I talk about good people around me, it's not just my friends but the people at the club. I'm lucky to be at a club with so many good people, and with Pep (Guardiola) who pushes us every single day."
