I am enjoying playing English football. It is very beautiful. With every game I play, I feel more comfortable.
Robinho
The language of football is universal. You don't need to speak the local lingo in order to be able to communicate with a ball.
I would love to win the Champions League.
Rio Ferdinand is the hardest opponent I have faced - strong and quick. He didn't kick you. He was so classy. I could do all my step-overs, but he would watch the ball and tackle so immaculately. He only got the ball.
The city of Madrid is a beautiful city, and my family loved living there.
United are a club known all around the world. No matter where you grow up, if you love football, then you'll know about Manchester United.
I have to look for my happiness, and that is being out on the pitch, playing well, and scoring goals. That makes me happy.
At City, when I was playing, I knew that at some point, the substitution board would go up, and I was going to come off because the manager didn't have trust in me. Then, you start to lose your confidence on the pitch.
I am very happy at Manchester City, and I intend to continue playing here for a long time.
The family is the foundation of everything.
It's not easy to say no to a club like Barcelona. They are European champions, they're in a lovely city, and I like Spain a lot.
I was a young player at Real, but working with players like Zidane and Beckham every day taught me such a lot: how you win and lose as a team and how you must respect your team-mates.
If you ask my one regret, it is that I could not bring those City fans a trophy. That's the only thing that leaves me a little sad.
I play for the love of football, not for the money.
There was an image of me as a party guy. And yes, I liked to party.
People wonder why I smile a lot. It is because I am doing what I love best: to play football for people who love me. It makes me happy.
People expect that you will play well and score a lot of goals, but it is not always possible.
In every dressing room in the world, players say things to each other after a defeat, and then it gets forgotten.
Barcelona are a great club, and Brazilians have always done well there.
Manchester is a sensational venue for football but an awful place to live... the winter, the cold and the dark nights. It's very hard for a young Brazilian.
I dream of playing in the English league.
I know what I'm worth, and I don't feel I should be talked about as currency for someone else.
When I signed for Real Madrid, it was like a dream.
I get depressed when things are not right.
I truly dedicate myself to my club.
I've learnt that being second is worthless.
I think speaking English is beautiful.
When a Brazilian player comes to England and is successful, he ends up opening doors to other players.
In Spain, they go to the stadium and treat it like going to the theatre. In England, they go to support their team, to scream and shout, and do everything they can. I love that.
I feel really sorry for the way I left Madrid, but the fans don't always understand what happens in these cases.
When you build a house, you have to start from the floor. You have to start from the bottom, the defence, and then you fix the attack.
I owe a lot to playing on the street. And what was even better than playing on the street was playing football with my friends in the local graveyard. It was fantastic. We forgot what the time was and didn't even go home for our meals.
Deco is a very skillful player. He thinks very fast on the pitch.
It is an honour that a coach like Guardiola speaks highly of me, for him to rate me as highly as I have read that he does. I genuinely appreciate it - from the bottom of my heart.
I want to stay at Real Madrid for a long time.
In football, you know anything can happen and that everything can change from minute to minute.
When you leave Real Madrid - a famous club worldwide - it's normal to get criticism.
I play football like I dance.
I do think I fulfilled my potential.
For me, you can only be content when you're champions. You can only be content with winning away.
Italy was the hardest league to score goals in. Those guys just love defending.
In Brazil, the coach respects the player's characteristics. In Europe, they are used to playing with two lines of four players, and they don't want to know what you can do. There, if you are a forward, the coach sends you on to the pitch just to run. You have to run, and that's it.
It's no good if you are at a so-called best team, but you sit on a bench.
Unfortunately, my departure from Madrid was not pleasant, but those things are in the past, and I have learned a lot and matured.
Football is all about having fun.
From the day I arrived, I could see City's project was destined to be a success and the club would grow - but I didn't think it would be quite so fast.
I am a special footballer, and I need to be happy when I'm playing.
My dream is Chelsea. They are great, and my objective is to play there.
I used the bus when I was growing up in Brazil. I don't want to diminish anyone who travels on the bus, but I haven't done that for a long time.
Sometimes I am questioned why I play better for the national squad than at Manchester City. I am the same at both places, but City is one team, and the Brazil national squad is another.
