Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.

I don't want my fans to have the same disappointment as me when I was refused by some players to sign my notebook when I was young.

My life has always been a series of challenges and I'm psychologically-prepared but this is the biggest challenge of my life.

I have ambitions I want to fulfil, to enjoy more success with Brazil.

I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not.

I am very ambitious. I want to enjoy this and then really go for it.

Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.