“When you say the word ‘Neymar’ around the world, everyone knows who he is and what he does.”

When I was smaller, I always looked up to Zidane, Messi, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo.

Greatness, it’s all in the details.

I do not live for people, for what they think, for them to say that I’m nice, good, the best, perfect. Everyone has their opinion. And I respect that.

Playing against an Italian team is harder than all the other leagues. The Italians won’t score lots of goals, but they won’t concede many, either.

I try to not take myself too seriously and just have fun when I’m not playing.

My deepest respect to the clubs who considered having me.

It doesn’t matter if it’s rain or sweat, we got work to do!

I wanted to show the world, to show United that I was ready to play and I was motivated to play. This comeback just showed that I left United, but the power of my heart was still here, to be honest.

I’m someone who says what he thinks.

When you lose someone you love, you don’t think the same way. And that’s why I say I enjoy life: because it goes very fast.

It’s always good to play with big players, you know.

I only think about the pitch. I want to do great. I want to be one of the best. I want to win titles. I want to achieve things.

Sport might not be the answer. But it is a symbol of optimism and hope.

Because I’m fairly big, I like to use my body. So I’ll control the ball, even when there’s a player on me, and then I’ll pass.

I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.

We can not love everyone and be loved by everyone. It would be perfection, and nothing is perfect in this world.

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

A common soldier will make an empire, but he will eventually meet his fate and be condemned to the Great Rock.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.

Fame freaks me out. Do you just wake up different? I don’t know how to scale it back if it gets too crazy.

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.

Let me be unambiguous. I prefer not to be photographed.