"I came to England because I thought it would help me to get back in the Brazilian national team."
"Occasionally, when I come off during a game, I get a little bit angry. But it's only because I want to play in every game and every minute to help my team-mates."
"I just love to play and always want to be involved."
"My body works best when I'm playing all the time, so when I work more and I play more, I feel better."
"Willian is fantastic. It was good to be with him in Ukraine, where we won several titles together."
"After I signed for Man City, the people back home in Brazil congratulated me for signing for one of the top teams."
"If I only wanted money and a comfortable life, I would have stayed in Ukraine."
"I was in Donetsk for eight years. I was happy there. I won six titles. I knew everyone, and I was a big part of the club."
"In my country, we say that football is like a huge plate of food. Well, I want to eat everything because I want to win every trophy I can for City."
"Sometimes people mistake some things regarding that, thinking just one player would make up for the needs of an entire club."
"City have been working throughout the years to mount competitive teams and pursue titles."
"The City project is much more than about signing a single player with a strong name, that would eventually cost a lot more."
"For me, it is the trophies that are important, not the goals."
"The titles are important forever; it doesn't matter when you win. They keep you motivated to win the Premier League and the Champions League."
"When you are a father, when you talk to your son or your daughter for the first time, they don't understand you. Of course, you have patience, and you keep talking to them, and eventually they do understand."
"That is what it is like with Pep. At first, you don't understand. But then you grow up, you work, and now we understand the things he wants much better. It's not like the first season when it took him more time to make us understand his ideas. Some players didn't understand immediately what he wanted."
"In my country, they used to call players who play in my position a defensive midfielder, but it is not defensive."
"The important thing to understand, from my point of view, is if the opponents break our lines and they are attacking our box, something has gone wrong, and it is me who has to fix it. But fouls in football are normal. You have to do it sometimes."
"I am a nice guy."
"I smile because I am a happy guy."
"Sometimes you get players who are faster than you or who can trick you with some skill. Sometimes you make the foul."
"The English league itself is very strong physically, very demanding."
"Playing for Brazil is a huge pleasure. I think it's a huge pride."
"When you're a child, you watch Brazil on TV and feel that desire to be a national team player, so when you get here, you make a dream come true, and it's a huge honour to me and to every player who wears the Brazil shirt."
"The Selecao is always treated as favourites, so we're aware of our responsibility, and the goal is always to enter every competition to win, and the World Cup is no different."
