When you have experienced players, you don't tremble when it comes to playing in a hostile atmosphere or under pressure.

I have flaws, but I'm honest.

English football is a type of football which excites me a lot.

Those who know Neymar know his great quality and how special he is. And I insist again, we have to take care of players like that; they illuminate football. It's players like him that make football have any sense.

I think we always look up to legends and people who not only win but give us a larger than life role model... I think Michael Jordan is this, someone who became bigger than his sport.

I left hurt because I think I fought hard to create a great history at Barcelona. I left with 23 titles in eight years.

When I signed for Barca, I knew their playing style was suited to my game.

It's the old story: do you want a normal car, or something top of the range? That is how I am - the older I am, the more expensive I am!

In life, you have to weigh everything up, even when they are just decisions about your career.

Messi has a divine gift.

All my fights with Cristiano were because of the press.

Messi is much better than Cristiano Ronaldo.

If you live your life by what others say, it stops being your life.

I always have the desire for a new challenge.

Before I went to Juventus, I made a final promise to the board at Barcelona. I said, 'You're going to miss me.' I didn't mean as a player. Barca have plenty of incredible players. What I meant was that they were going to miss my spirit.

Barcelona focus a lot on what Barcelona does and not on what others are going to do. It creates a different way of working. Of course we studied our opponents to see their weak points and their strong points, but 70 per cent of the time, it was about us.

I respect people with high levels of self-esteem.

I never hid my move to Real Madrid was almost done... my fate changed, and I arrived at Barcelona instead.

Before I go up against the best forwards in the world - Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar - I study their strengths and weaknesses like an obsession, and then I plan how I am going to attack. My goal is to show the world that Dani Alves is on the same level.

At Barcelona, it wasn't about winning all the time; it was first about how to win.

Money's a necessary evil, there to give you moments. It gives me things I couldn't have - nice things - but happiness? That's a not a question of money and fame. Quite the opposite.

If you do the same as all the rest, you're the same as all the rest: I don't want to be just another player.

When I was 18, I moved across the ocean just for the opportunity to play for a club that played against Barcelona. So to have the honour of playing for Barca? It was incredible.

My parents gave me a practical example of what life was about, and I won't forget that.

I think that the best player in the world should be quiet, humble, and friendly. Lionel Messi is all of these things, while Cristiano often lacks some of these qualities.

The world is evolving, and we must evolve with it.

From God, I have the strength and intelligence to have alternatives and can live even without football.

To be a great champion, you have to believe that you are the best, and if you aren't, then you have to act as though you are.

I like my decisions to be taken carefully, so they don't harm anyone close to me, so that the people close to me are happy.

I always think about life, and I think that we are here with a mission, and once we have done our mission, we go somewhere else.

When things begin to go negative, sometimes we just have to cover our ears and not let such circumstances influence us.