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“I'm very happy with where I arrived, both personally and professionally. I can say more so personally, because my career will have to end eventually. I do not know how long it will be, but eventually it will end, and the personal will continue.”
“In 2009, I accepted the proposal of Real Madrid, but I was completely destroyed there because I could not give what I had given Milan. I was completely lost.”
“I have overcome many difficult moments in my career.”
“When I'm struggling, I can still dream about my successes.”
“I have been in many teams that have had loads of talent but did not make it through and been with teams that did not have that much talent and ended up being champions.”
“Let's say I don't need to chase the ball as much as before. You learn to find the shortcuts.”
“Coutinho is a humble guy.”
“Mourinho helped me grow. He taught me to be patient, to keep fighting, and to respect the coach's decisions. He helped me mature and turned me into a man.”
“In my whole life, Jesus is in first place. That's why I put that inside my cleats, Jesus in first place, because that is how I think.”
“I have been a big admirer of Coutinho, and he can be a very important player for Liverpool and Brazil.”
“Even though I am playing against others, and it is important to get there and win, I believe that Jesus is much more important than all of that.”
“Every opportunity that presents itself, my main objective is to conquer and be victorious.”
“One always wants more when things work out.”
“If it's good for me to go to the national team and play there - not just go there to give experience but to play and be useful - I think it's good.”
“I am not a great artist like Maradona was with regards to on-the-field matters.”
“It has been tough when I have been with the national team and we have gone to play in some of the poorer areas in Brazil. You see people come and watch us train or play a match, and then you know some of them are going home with no food on the plate.”
“I learned that it is faith that decides whether something will happen or not.”
“In my time at Milan, the club played with a 4-3-1-2 formation, and I was the player behind the two strikers. At Real, I play behind three. There is a greater defensive obligation, but I try to work around the area.”
“Playing for Madrid is a great challenge.”
“Football is unpredictable.”