I'm not a hypocrite and I'm a transparent person.

It's a gift to be offered the opportunity to play the World Cup.

I never take free kicks because it's not my job.

It is the dream of every player. Imagine winning the World Cup in your own country. It would be the happiest day of my career.

Here in the Premier League you need to be very quick mentally. Spaces are shorter and the game is much more tactical and tight.

I did not have to prove anything to people who doubted me, just to my team-mates and to Barcelona. The best thing is to do it on the field, with victories, with goals. But more than the goals is winning matches.

In my second season at Tottenham, things didn't go as I wanted but I accepted the offer from Chinese football and there I recovered my confidence and I won titles.

I've heard it said that I'm silencing the critics so many times but it's not that: I don't have to prove myself to anyone.

I'm happy to be scoring important goals in the national team and here in Guangzhou, too.

When I was 19 years old, I quit football completely. For about a month, I stayed at home in a depression. This was in the summer of 2008.

As a player, I just focus on the games and concentrate on improving myself.

For the clubs that I've played for I always tried to fulfill my contract.

We are not going to compare one player to another but my way of playing is a lot more Lampard than Busquets.

I have always been very calm and with all the triumphs I have had I have always been sure to thank my colleagues and take things in a humble way. It is only because of this humility that I have achieved so much.

Tite gives me absolute freedom to do what I have always done throughout my career.

In football you just never know what's next.

I've always looked at what Lampard does, and to me is a huge phenomenon - the way he hits the ball, what positions he takes up - he really is incredible.

If we can't handle pressure, we don't play football.

I just try to enjoy the opportunities that come my way.

If we need to play ugly to win a match, we are going to do that.

When I came to Barca, I know some people doubted me. They weren't totally convinced. But, and I've said this before, that never really bothers me.

When I went from Tottenham to China a lot of people said that was it, my career was over. I had a couple of other offers at the time but they were both loans and I would have had to go back at the end. I just wanted to play.

What I always say is when I am at a club I am enjoying what that club has to offer.

You can lose a game by two or three and say: 'Oh we made this mistake, we made that mistake, we lost.' But if you lose 7-1 what can you say?

Fans who showed me a lot of affection during my three years at Corinthians continue to follow me.

I wouldn't say it was a relief to leave Spurs but it was clear I had to. It was a difficult time.

I am very happy that a great club like Barcelona is interested in me, as that is priceless.

If you are not playing in your position in a league as competitive as England then it is difficult.

In Lithuania they had racially abused me, in Poland they hadn't paid me, and I thought: 'I don't need this.' I said to my family: 'I'm not playing football again.'

I want to take advantage of every year I have at Barcelona. I don't see any other place where I'd be better off.

In a year with him I played in my position two or three times and I played well. But that's not to say that I had a problem with Pochettino. It was his decision.

I suffered racial abuse in Lithuania, and in two games the fans were making monkey noises and throwing coins at me.

My first game with Pochettino I played in my position. But after that I played in every single position but mine.

One minute I was with Tottenham, the next came a proposal from China. I took a step back to think about it and decided it was the right time to move.

I had no problem with Pochettino.

I've always been this kind of player: since youth level I've been a midfielder who can arrive and finish.

You are told before coming to Europe that big teams here quite often rotate players. I respect this culture but it is instinctive for me to get annoyed if I don't play every game.

Football can change very fast.

I promise hard work and I will do everything to help my team mates.

I've played football my entire life, all over the world, and the one thing I've learned is that the important thing is to enjoy your work.

I'm certain I can fit in at Barca and prove that all the effort they made to get me here was worth it.

Lampard is a great player, not only for Chelsea, but in world football.

It really is one of my qualities, moving into different areas of the field, picking up opponents as well as helping to attack.

When the transfer window opens, every player can leave his club and find another challenge.

I have always fought to play for great clubs and to play for the Brazilian national team.

A lot of people felt it was difficult for me to come to Barca because I was playing in China. Nevertheless, I have achieved my dream and I am enjoying each day.

For a footballer, not playing is like a fish not being in the water.

You have to go to sleep at night staring at the wall, thinking, 'Damn, I can't wait for it to be morning so I can have the ball at my feet again!' You can only play your best football in these conditions.

I left Brazil at 17 years old in order to give my family a better life, but when I returned home two years later, I was completely disillusioned with football.

Ever since I was five years old, running around the streets of Zona Norte with a football, my mother has been by my side in every situation.