I'm blessed in that I have a family that has always helped me in everything I ever needed.

Sometimes I am questioned why I play better for the national squad than at Manchester City. I am the same at both places, but City is one team, and the Brazil national squad is another.

I used the bus when I was growing up in Brazil. I don't want to diminish anyone who travels on the bus, but I haven't done that for a long time.

I am a special footballer, and I need to be happy when I'm playing.

From the day I arrived, I could see City's project was destined to be a success and the club would grow - but I didn't think it would be quite so fast.

Do I have the mental strength? I left home when I was 13 years old.

For a player, it is important to work and work well and improve every day in pre-season.

Football is strange, especially after a World Cup.

If you have a top winger, you are going to win a lot of games.

Neymar is a good player.

Sometimes you get players who think it is not important to work, and this is their worst mistake.

Sometimes a player thinks it's enough what they did the year before and doesn't understand that every day they should improve.

Racist behaviour must be stigmatised so that it can be no more.

In my day, 20-year-olds already had 150 first-team appearances under their belts.

I'm sorry to see Balotelli waste his talent the way he does, but I think he can keep people entertained by scoring goals.

Cristiano is one of the best players in the world.

In every club, 11 players are happy and the others unhappy. This is correct because if one player doesn't play and is happy, he's crazy.

Inter and their fans have always remained in my heart.

I have great respect for him. Sir Alex has won many trophies and is the most important manager in the world.

I am sure that I have improved in England.

Every manager can improve.

When you go to another country, you can work with different players in different situations, in a different culture.

It is normal to be under pressure in England and Italy when you arrive in the last two months of the season. Every manager is talked about, and their squad is examined.

It's not difficult to manage Tevez. We had a good relationship always.