No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.
I learned all about life with a ball at my feet
God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.
Our confidence comes from our preparation.
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
I am ugly but what I do have is charm.
It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.
I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time.
My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.
I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.
If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.
Football is a great love because I was born into a family of players and therefore born into football. I'm fortunate to have a style of play that a lot of people like. It's a privilege to be able to do what I like best and in my own way, but I'm fortunate that people like it, and that motivates me even more.
A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It's played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player's control.
I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.
Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.
My heroes were always soccer players.
I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a musician.
Even from when Lionel Messi was very young I could see that he was a great player. A lot of people spoke about him, and then when I saw him myself for the first time I could see the amazing quality that he had. I didn't teach him anything - he had enough quality himself.
I still have a video of my father, which I watch before every game I play for Brazil. It gives me strength, makes me determined.
I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.
The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.
I think each player has an individual style. Each is concerned with giving the best to his team, and I think my best talent is dribbling and setting up goal situations, giving an assist or deceiving one of the other team's players.
No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?
Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself.
I was at Barcelona for many years where I won a lot of things and achieved a lot of dreams. For these reasons it holds a special place in my life.
