I've always been very good at playing long balls. That was an attribute that my old club Benfica used to exploit because you can't be offside from a goal-kick.

Despite football being my job, it's also good fun and it's a way that children enjoy themselves.

When a child falls over and gets injured, he gets back up and carries on playing. It's no different for me.

I think modern football has evolved a lot. Goalkeepers do several things during the game.

If there is a chance to ever take a penalty I am going to ask the manager and I would do it!

That is very important, to play with your feet, it is very important to know how to read the game and obviously save balls and also handle the pressure when it comes to the crunch time.

I help a lot in the build up and the long balls as well. But mainly I would say a goalkeeper must be a calm person to cope with the pressure to handle when you make a mistake. I think that's really important and it helps you a lot to develop your skills.

I remember my father used to wake up at 4 A.M. He woke me up as well. We would leave home together, he was going to work and I continued my walk to catch the bus. I had my training session with Sao Paulo in the morning. I had to take two buses to the point I could take the club bus.

I'm a happy person.

I remember sometimes a difficulty and I realise that it taught me something or it helped me later on. The difficulties in the past are the wins in the present.

There are a lot of people that might not like tattoos; I respect it. For me, it's my passion, so the same way I respect their view, I'd like everyone to respect my passion for tattoos.

In the European competition, when the knockout rounds start, it's always 50-50.

At Benfica, I started playing because the starting goalkeeper got injured.

I think it's a matter of taking advantage of your opportunities in life.

When I started playing as a boy, a lot of people were asking, 'If you don't make it, what are you going to do?' But in my head, I was always repeating to myself, 'I'm going to become a football player.'

Lots of times I have to leave the goal to block a ball.

My team-mates always offer me lots of lines to pass, so that ends up being easier for my role.

We will only celebrate when we are champions and not before.

I always train as a goalkeeper. I never train outside the goal.

My goal is to defend our goal, save shots and not concede goals. But one thing that could happen is to score a goal from my penalty box to the other box directly.

There is always room for improvement.

I am working on my English skills that will help me on the pitch. Communication between each other makes our job much easier.

If we do the build-up so well, it's because our players always offer me different options to pass the ball, so that makes it easier. With calm and with quality on the pass, it always works out. Of course, you need to have the courage and be very cool to play that way, because any mistake can end up in a goal conceded.

Guardiola is one of the best managers in the world.

If you finish the season as a champion and, on top of that, break some records - we would make history as a club and also us as football players.

I'm a player that usually focus on my team, try to give the best for my team-mates, and I don't look much at what the other teams do.

I already know about the importance of the derby.

We study the shooters of the opponents - the team, the goalkeeping coach and the other goalkeepers.

Pep is a great manager who sees football in another way. He lives football and breathes football. The way he thinks about the game is completely different to other managers.

Representing the Selecao is a very great expectation, being able to play is even greater.

I've had lunch with Alisson when he arrived at Liverpool. We have a very good relationship. He's a friend.

It's no wonder Pep is one of the best coaches in the world. When I knew I could work with him I was very happy. I didn't think twice. He has helped a lot in my adaptation, in the form of the game he likes.

I train a lot with the ball.

It's a huge responsibility to play at the back, there is no room for mistakes, so I must be constantly focused to give my best.

I might have made mistakes because of my way of playing but mistakes are part of football. I never let that influence my game.

Most of the games are decided by a small margin. That shows the intensity and the competitiveness of the English league. Everyone knows here the competition is ferocious. It's a bit different than the Portuguese league. But I'm going to try to adapt to this league as quick as possible.

As for my ambitions with City, I want to win the Premier League and the Champions League.

When I knew it was real, that City were really interested in me, I was very happy because it's good to see your work recognised.

I am very happy to have been called up by the national team. It's indeed another achievement in my career and I've worked a lot and very hard for this moment.

When a goalkeeper makes a mistake, there is no one to save the goal.

A striker can miss three or four chances and still score the fifth.

Any player who wears the Brazilian national team shirt is happy.

I train as if I am always playing, which makes it easier for me to be used.

As a player you must be prepared for everything.

When I started to play in school, I didn't have an idol as such, I didn't really like football in my nursery days. I used to go three times a week due to my brother's influence and also because our friends used to go as well.

Rogerio Ceni has always been my inspiration.

I always learn from Julio Cesar and I learn more from watching him than from talking to him. I gain a lot of experience when I train with him.

Many people look forward to my work, and I hope to live up to expectations and work at a high level.

We know that in the Champions League and the knockout competitions, you can't make any mistakes.

In old times, not many keepers could play with their feet, but modern football requires those skills because it's changed.