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“Obviously, I have to enjoy all I have. People depend on you, and now I can look back at everything I've gone through to get here with a different perspective.”
“I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play.”
“I will not change unless my manager or the people from my club or my supporters tell me.”
“I can accept defeat, but I love to win and be competitive. It is my job, and I love it.”
“If you ask a million players who they would want as manager, they will come back with a top three list of Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, or Diego Simeone.”
“I always wanted to win. Everyone has a bit of that in them, but I have even more of a will to win. Sometimes I might go overboard, whereas there are others who, yes, they want to win, but if they don't, it's no big deal for them.”
“I don't think I am the type of person who thinks, 'I dunno. Things are getting on top of me.' It's not that I think I'm any different to most people. I always make a big effort, to fight with all my strength, make the best of a situation, and always want to win.”
“In life, anything can happen, and I do not close the door to anything.”
“I want to win and always have done since I was small. I don't know if it's in my blood or just my personality.”
“Do I enjoy the aggression of English football? No. I like to play football. I like to score goals. I like to do things well.”
“Scoring goals is scoring goals. From a striker's point of view, the aim is the same.”
“In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.”
“If you pinpointed someone before the kick-off, probably you would become embroiled in a fight, and you would be distracted from what really matters and not play well.”
“I started playing football on the streets; I grew up playing football on the streets with my friends, and that's why I was brought up the way I was. That's the school I had - the street football.”
“You always have to know that you are going to leave everything on the pitch, every drop of sweat, to help the team win the game.”
“I train all week just to play for 90 minutes. I love playing games, and so during those 90 minutes, it's always 100 per cent.”
“I don't like losing. I don't like to be in a losing position, and I show this a lot. I demonstrate on the pitch.”
“My mindset is always to be victorious, to win the match.”
“Everyone has to be their own critic.”
“I don't go into a game with specific targets. I don't pinpoint an opposing player before a match, trying to exploit a kind of weakness.”