Roberto Firmino

“I used to finish school and go and play football.”

“It comes easy to me to run. I picked a lot of it up from Germany. I had four-and-a-half years there, and I learned you have to be on the automatic button. Press it, and you go: you keep running, chasing and working.”

“I will keep my time at Hoffenheim and the people I met here in my heart forever.”

“Playing for Liverpool at Anfield is a very joyous and positive experience.”

“I could say Liverpool is the first big club I will play for. It's a massive chance for me to show what I can do.”

“I started out at youth level as a holding midfielder.”

“I've always been shy; it's just that I transform on the pitch. I'm a different person. Off the pitch, I'm another person. That's how it has to be.”

“A lot of Brazilians are very superstitious, especially footballers. I'm the same. I always step on to the pitch with my right foot first.”

“I always try to do a bit more than I am asked.”

“When people ask what my ambitions are for the rest of my career, I always say that I live in the present.”

“I love Safadao; it is an honor to be compared.”

“By working hard at Hoffenheim, I made it into the Selecao.”

“I have evolved a lot as a player working with Klopp, who is a very tactical coach.”

“It's strange, but I remember just before I moved to Hoffenheim that I had a dream about playing in England.”

“Being shy has never held me back.”

“When I came to Liverpool, in a €20 million transfer, I was expensive.”

“I do have moments when I like to relax, but I'm always moving, and that has always been the case since I was a boy.”

“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

“I look up to many great players - principally attackers. The two Ronaldos, Romario and Rivaldo all play well.”

“My family mean a lot to me, but I guess that's like it is with every other player.”