Without football, my life is worth nothing.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

There's no point in making predictions. It's not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football. Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.

I don't have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

I was ironing my own clothes when I was 11 years old. My mental strength goes back to those days.

It's amazing. It is like yesterday when I was still watching the stars of Brazilian football on TV, and I am one of them now. I miss my childhood. I left my family at 15 and then left Brazil for Holland when I was 17.