“God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.”

It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.

Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it’s widely followed in Brazil.

It was lovely to receive the affection from some of the supporters of our biggest rival, It doesn’t happen to you very often in your career.

A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It’s played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player’s control.

I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.

It doesnt change much for me really and my motivation remains the same – to create a beautiful future with Barcelona, winning many titles.

Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself.

I am very pleased it has all been resolved. I wanted to stay at the club and they wanted me too, there was never a problem. There were only a few small matters to sort out.

No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?

No matter who you are it’s the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play – where you can’t see a way through.

Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win – so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You can’t understand what the World Cup means to our country.

Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.

If you’re playing for five hours you don’t want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

Our confidence comes from our preparation.

I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn’t been a footballer, I would have been a musician.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it’s all just one thing.

I have been blessed with strong leg muscles, and dancing really exercises one’s legs.

First, I think of myself as a brand, a businesswoman. Musician is something I just do because it’s my passion – I love it and it’s something I do for fun. I love music and I love to make people dance.

My motivational music is any music that helps me escape. There are certain records that take you to euphoria, when you’re partying and havin’ a good time, dancin’ with a couple people.

That’s why we love football: it’s not about the money or about the hairstyle or the dancing. We want to see beautiful goals, great tackles, fair play, and all this stuff.

I was very excited and interested as a background dancer or as a theatre actor or when I was working on TV, or even on the film which didn’t do well, like ‘Byomkesh.’

When I was in the eighth standard, I would dance to ‘Suraj hua madham.’ I have to achieve many things before I become even the ‘S’ of SRK.

I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.