I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.

Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.

I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.

Brazil is crazy about football. People, they wait for this moment, but this doesn't mean we are going to win the championship. That is the problem.

I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.

Everyone talks about the forwards, the players when they are scoring goals. But sometimes I look for the complete player not just the players who score but those who can pass.

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.