Neymar

“I play to be happy in the first place and then to help my colleagues and my team the best way I can, with the best football.”

“I don't compare tournaments.”

“I don't know how many great Brazilians have played in the Olympics and not been able to win it.”

“It is difficult to take in that your idols are in the same place as you are.”

“I only want to be the best that I can be.”

“Messi deserves to win this World Cup for all he has done for football.”

“Of course Messi could handle a cold Tuesday night in Stoke. He'd be drinking tea and relaxing beforehand. Me? I'd probably be the same.”

“I'm only one Neymar - for my family, for the public. I'm always the same person.”

“I try to be myself without being anything different.”

“I don't want to surpass Messi.”

“You always knows what's best for you.”

“I always do as my heart tells me.”

“I started playing football in a school back in Sao Vicente when I was five years old, going towards six. Those were my first steps, among those kids, and then I kept going.”

“I can't be compared to Pele. I need to do so much more to be compared to Pele. Pele is fantastic. And he's unique.”

“When you see a person you love being affected, suffering, people saying things that aren't true... then it hurts you.”

“I will be a World Cup winner.”

“When we lose, we don't have to change everything but correct things by working hard.”

“I want to trace my own path by doing the things I have been doing, winning titles, reaching goals.”

“My father always told me I like the ball more than I like playing soccer: since I was a young kid, I was always skilled with it, dribbling furniture around the house. That's how I see football - fun and dynamic - and this goes beyond me; it's a characteristic of Brazilian football.”

“I try to be a good role model for my son, my family, my friends, and then I try to be a good role model for the rest of the people, too.”