Quotes

Goals are what count for me. It's not about a battle with defenders. Fighting hard, giving everything and working hard on the field you have to combine with the goals you score. It doesn't matter if defenders want to battle with me or not; I will just be trying to do my job as well as I possibly can.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

If we want to be proud to be from a country like America and all the things that we hang our hats on, like diversity, equality, land of the free and home of the brave, it's everybody's responsibility to ensure that everyone in the country is being afforded the same rights.

I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.

I just want to be better every day, to get better every day, not to be better than anyone else.

If I leave Chelsea, I would be unprofessional...just because I am not playing does not mean that I don't love Chelsea. I am not leaving.

In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.

To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.

I do not play football to win the Ballon d'Or. I play football to be happy, because I love it and want to play football.

For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I've had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I'll never forget either feeling.