"I was a very shy kid. I've always been shy. I think I've changed very little up to now."
"I didn't like football on a grass pitch. I started playing when I was 14 or 15."
"I started in Brazil, playing for the school team. Then I came back to Sao Paulo,
which was a very big opportunity because I'm a fan of Sao Paulo, I always liked
the team and had a dream of playing for Sao Paulo."
"In January I will have been in Spain for four years. It's a country that I like a lot and
I'm very well adapted here. I really like how we play football here."
"The truth is that it took me a while to realise what was happening to me. For me, Real Madrid are the
best team in the world. Playing for Madrid is the dream of every player. When I arrived there I had
to adapt to my teammates, I didn't speak any Spanish and it was very tough for me.
Then I gradually adapted, got the chance to train with the first team and played a game."
"It was a very good experience for me."
"A team like Real Madrid I think are the 'top' side for players. For me, they are the best club in the world."
"I played with Casemiro him in the U-20s for Brazil, and for Sao Paulo as well."
To me, Marcelo is the best left back in the world."
"Cristiano Ronaldo is great too, because he is a player who breaks records in every game."
"Ronaldo 'Fenomeno'"
Not only because of how he played football, but because of everything that happened to him. He had two very
serious injuries, which were difficult for him. To return to playing, take part in a World Cup and be the player of the
tournament is not something everybody can do. He is a player for whom all Brazilians have a great admiration."
"Luis Fabiano, whom I played alongside at Sao Paulo and who was at Sevilla. He is a player for whom
I had great admiration. He's a striker I liked a lot because he scored many goals."
"It's true that I was on several different teams in succession. That's difficult for a player. You have to adapt
to a new city and new teammates, an then you have to change everything again."
"I came here once to play against Real Sociedad. We trained on that pitch. I asked what the city was like,
what the players here were like and about the facilities. The facilities were very good. When I arrived, I saw all this and I loved it."
It was very difficult for me but when I arrived I said I needed a house to live in, knowing that I would be here
the next year because I have a five year contract. That makes it easier; it makes players calmer and
allows them to work and grow every day."
"Here I get on really well with everyone- I'm always joking with them in training. I like them all."
We play with the ball, getting a lot of touches, and I love it. It's more my kind of game; Play with your back to goal, pass the ball…
I think I have adapted very well here. In the past we had already done good work, with good competition,
and this year we have to be better than last year."
"I like games in which I get goals. When I don't score I get a little annoyed.
I really liked the game against Barcelona away. I gave an assist to Xabi."
"This year I intend to score more than 15 goals. Last year, my intention was to score
15 goals but I got 14. There are still many games left. We are just starting out and
I think I have every chance to improve this tally."
"My intention was to continue here and compete in a European competition.
This year we are in three competitions and have enough players to compete in all of them."
"The work we've done in the past means I think we all deserve to be taking part
in European competition, making history with La Real."
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