The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying.

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

I played for Santos at 16, and we had an excellent team, so it helped a lot. And then I played for Brazil at the Maracana against Argentina. So I get more experience. This was one year before the World Cup, and it made a lot of difference.

In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

In 1982, Algeria made their first appearance at the World Cup. I believe it was the first Arab country to do so.

Every team going to Brazil 2014 will be there to win, and it's going to be a fiercely contested World Cup.