I like every competition I can play.

The important thing is to win the title, and if we can do it with style and by entertaining, it's perfect.

I've played a few times in stadiums where the fans have been banned, and it's just not the same.

For me, in football, everything is possible, and every game is a battle.

I've always dreamed of playing in the World Cup and wearing the Selecao jersey, but I knew how difficult that was, what with me playing in Ukraine for Shakhtar.

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.

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.

Playing for Brazil is a huge pleasure. I think it's a huge pride.

The English league itself is very strong physically, very demanding.

Sometimes you get players who are faster than you or who can trick you with some skill. Sometimes you make the foul.

I am a nice guy.

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.

In my country, they used to call players who play in my position a defensive midfielder, but it is not defensive.

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.

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.

For me, it is the trophies that are important, not the goals.

The City project is much more than about signing a single player with a strong name, that would eventually cost a lot more.

City have been working throughout the years to mount competitive teams and pursue titles.

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.

If I only wanted money and a comfortable life, I would have stayed in Ukraine.

After I signed for Man City, the people back home in Brazil congratulated me for signing for one of the top teams.

My body works best when I'm playing all the time, so when I work more and I play more, I feel better.

I came to England because I thought it would help me to get back in the Brazilian national team.

Willian is fantastic. It was good to be with him in Ukraine, where we won several titles together.