A penalty is a cowardly way to score.

You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.

Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world.

The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO.

The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose one game you're out, even if you're the best.

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.