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I began playing football on the streets.
I have two idols in my life - God and my mum.
It's always a real pleasure to play at Wembley.
Neymar is a nice guy. Everybody knows his quality.
I like to define myself as a fighter on the pitch.
When I have the ball at my feet, I'm in different world.
I have the best family, and I receive the best guidance.
When the collective works, the individuals with show themselves.
When I left Palmeiras, it was sad but happy as well, with a title.
For me, football was everything. The love of the ball was everything.
I'm a normal lad. I've always been quite humble, and I like simple things.
I am a regular kid. I like the simple things, and I always want to improve.
I realised it was very important to show the fans that I'm a normal person.
I want to win titles, and Manchester City is a club that is used to winning.
Aguero is my team-mate, and I'll always cheer for him to score and help the club.
I will not lie. When I first came to Manchester City, I felt lost about everything.
I push myself to the limit to do what I most like doing, which is playing football.
Since my early days, I've been used to playing with older boys and strong defenders.
From an early age, I tried to take in all the instructions of all the coaches I had.
I'm a normal person, and I like living this way - and always with a smile in my face.
I think that many players, just like me, feel a strong desire to play in the Premier League.
I was very happy to have the opportunity of getting to know Manchester. It's such a good city.
I grew up very quickly because of the difficulties and responsibilities that I have always had.
Sergio Aguero is a high-quality player. I'm a big fan of his, both of his football and his humility.
When the team is losing, you can become upset and mixed up, shying away from the play, and lose control.
When you talk about Brazil, we're always going to have high-level players trying to find a place to play.
We must always give preference to the collective. We have to play as Brazil. Nobody is a lone protagonist.
My dream in a City shirt is to win titles, to be happy, and to make all Manchester City's fans happy, too.
I never enter in the pitch under pressure to score goals, but I know my position requires me to score goals.
I have always enjoyed working hard, and that's why I try to give my best tactically as well as going forward.
It was playing on the varzea where I learned to be a warrior, to fight for every ball, and then to never give it away.
My father left the family right after I was born, so my mother was working every single day to support me and my brothers.
Everyone knows Pep Guardiola is a great professional, but getting to know him, I have realised he is an even better person.
Pep Guardiola is a very ambitious manager; that's a reason why he has been able to win all the trophies he has won in his career.
When I'm not training or playing, I'm watching football or watching something football-related on my phone, or about our next rival.
I'm very connected to my neighbourhood. If I could, I'd take the entire Peri Garden neighbourhood to form a Jardim Peri in Manchester.
When I was younger, I always saw my friends with their mothers and fathers and felt a little jealous of them for having a father close by.
I come from a poor community, and I still go back there whenever I can, and I think that makes it easier to cope with fame and being on TV.
Yes, it's true that my mother has a go at me when I don't track back. We are very, very close, and she demands a lot from me, which is great.
The No. 33 represents my own rise in football. It was the number of the first shirt that I wore at Palmeiras, so I feel a real affection for it.
Jardim Peri will be always marked in my life, and I'm always going to bring it with me. It will not only be on a tattoo on my body - but also in my heart.
If I am helping my team-mates in some way, giving assistance, passing the ball, I'll already be very happy, but of course, in my position, I have to score.
I think, as a player, we have to work and fight for our dream, and this makes us grow up. We get old quickly - we leave our families to run for our dreams.
I remember when I was playing for Pequeninos, I'd see some of the kids after the match with their fathers, and I was alone. That was heavy for me. It marked me.
I'm very attached to my family. My mother is hard on me when she has to be, and that makes a huge difference. Their support means I need concentrate only on playing.
She only praises me if I have done something worthy of praise. I am really happy to have a mum like that, who really cares. She always tells me the truth, and her sincerity helps me a lot.
When I spoke to some players that had already played in the Premier League, they said it was going to be very difficult, but I put in my head that by working hard, you can achieve your goals.
My family helps me a lot, and my mum is always picking on me. I have grown used to saying that she is the worst defender I have had to face, but I know she says all that stuff for my own good.
I played street football from the age of seven and later went into the varzea. Sometimes I'd play as many as three or four matches a day: I couldn't get enough of it. It'd get to the point when my muscles would cramp up.
I am very self-critical and always will be. I think this makes me want to improve, always. But just because I'm self-critical and say what I thought of my performance in a game, it doesn't mean I will bring myself down, ever.