Paulinho

“If you look at my career it has always been about overcoming difficulties in different places.”

“Football without critics wouldn't be football.”

“We are not going to compare one player to another but my way of playing is a lot more Lampard than Busquets.”

“I consider myself privileged to play alongside the best in the world.”

“In football you just never know what's next.”

“As for Iniesta, he does things in training and in games that I've never seen before. He is an example to follow. You think he might touch the ball four times and yet he only makes one touch. He's unpredictable.”

“When I was 19 years old, I quit football completely. For about a month, I stayed at home in a depression. This was in the summer of 2008.”

“My life's been a rollercoaster.”

“I've heard it said that I'm silencing the critics so many times but it's not that: I don't have to prove myself to anyone.”

“It's a great pleasure to be linked to such a great club like Tottenham.”

“I never take free kicks because it's not my job.”

“I have always fought to play for great clubs and to play for the Brazilian national team.”

“If I had left football I would not have had anything.”

“It is the dream of every player. Imagine winning the World Cup in your own country. It would be the happiest day of my career.”

“Messi has helped me a lot.”

“I've had the opportunity to play with Neymar on the national team. Now I'm playing alongside Messi. He's a different player, but he's the best player in the world.”

“When the transfer window opens, every player can leave his club and find another challenge.”

“Fans who showed me a lot of affection during my three years at Corinthians continue to follow me.”

“You can lose a game by two or three and say: 'Oh we made this mistake, we made that mistake, we lost.' But if you lose 7-1 what can you say?”

“Football is a game where you have to do a bit of everything if you want your team to have the edge.”