The important thing to understand, from my point of view, is if the opponents break our lines and they are attacking our box, something has gone wrong, and it is me who has to fix it. But fouls in football are normal. You have to do it sometimes.

I am a nice guy.

Sometimes you get players who are faster than you or who can trick you with some skill. Sometimes you make the foul.

The English league itself is very strong physically, very demanding.

Playing for Brazil is a huge pleasure. I think it's a huge pride.

When you're a child, you watch Brazil on TV and feel that desire to be a national team player, so when you get here, you make a dream come true, and it's a huge honour to me and to every player who wears the Brazil shirt.

The Selecao is always treated as favourites, so we're aware of our responsibility, and the goal is always to enter every competition to win, and the World Cup is no different.

I've always dreamed of playing in the World Cup and wearing the Selecao jersey, but I knew how difficult that was, what with me playing in Ukraine for Shakhtar.

For me, in football, everything is possible, and every game is a battle.

I've played a few times in stadiums where the fans have been banned, and it's just not the same.

The important thing is to win the title, and if we can do it with style and by entertaining, it's perfect.

I like every competition I can play.

When you win a title, you gain confidence, and the supporters love you because they want to win things as well.

Wembley is special.

In the Premier League, the most important thing is not to give the team at the top of the table reasons to keep winning game after game.

Playing in the Premier League for City is like a dream.

Playing for a huge club in a huge League makes me so happy.

Whoever wants to be champions has to be able to attack and defend.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

Would I have preferred not to play in a home World Cup for Brazil, a privilege that most people in this world can only dream of? Not a chance.

I have heard what has been said, but most of the time, I recover the ball without making a foul.

In football, contact is normal, especially in England.

Pep has made me understand the game more: not just how I play but also how the team has to play, because I am just a component.

Pep and his staff work very hard, not just on the training pitch but also with the analysis of opponents, and now, of course, we understand more how he wants to play.

No matter how great a squad is, a competition like the Champions League is not easily won.

Shakhtar specifically are proud when traditional clubs from Europe come knocking, and I knew it would be quite hard to convince them to let me join City. Listen, I am absolutely thankful for the opportunity they gave me, but I also think I worked my socks off for that club, and it was time to look after my career.

In the end, we parted ways in good terms, and Shakhtar had a nice sending-off for me. I wish them well, and I am sure they feel the same.

I watched Romario when I was young, and he was one of my idols.

We all know the Premier League is a competitive league and that every game is competitive.

Manaus has got nothing in relation to Brazilian football history.

Some of my friends wanted to do different things, but all I ever wanted to do was play outside with a ball.

I moved cities when I was 17, and I moved countries when I was 20. Every time, I put football at the forefront and, if you do that, you don't have such a hard time settling in.

Since I was 13 years old, I made sure I was going to training every day.

Getting to the World Cup is a big dream for me.

The Premier League is considered the best league in the world.

You think about past World Cups - in 2006, it was a fantastic Brazil team, but we did not do so well that year. In 2010, the same: it did not go far, either - only the quarter-finals. But in '94 and 2002, Brazil did not play the best football but won the World Cup; they found a way to win.

I learned not to fight against the many bad things in football and try to always battle through injuries. That's one of the most important things I learned.

Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.

When I was young, I would drive so fast. Now I see it a different way.

Football doesn't depend just on your brain. It's not like on a computer. It depends on your body, too, and sometimes you are tired. Sometimes the opponent closes the space very well and marks you very well. Football depends on many things, not just on you.

We all know the Premier League is so tough and many, many things can happen - right until the last game of the season.

When you have this desire to win, to win, to win, I would not feel comfortable losing a title.

It's good when you score goals because you are helping your team. For yourself as well, it's good, but the most important thing is the strength of the team.

If you want to win the Premier League, you have to win away as well.

One of the positive things about Pep is that he is so close with his staff - they support him in every situation, and we, as players, have huge contact with them.

As a human, as a professional player, you have to improve every day, every training session, every game.

It's always difficult when you have had a game in midweek to get to a final.

It is not a problem - you don't think about the climate, or the cold; we just think about winning the game.

Of course, when you lose any game, the feeling is so bad. But you have to be professional and have to be clever and overcome this situation and try to work on that and try to fix the problem and solve for the next game.

With Pep in charge, I feel sure we can win significant silverware and, importantly, we will try to do it playing attractive, attacking football.