Quotes from Gabriel Jesus

When I'm not training or playing, I'm watching football or watching something football-related on my phone, or about our next rival.

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 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.

When you talk about Brazil, we're always going to have high-level players trying to find a place to play.

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 never enter in the pitch under pressure to score goals, but I know my position requires me to score goals.

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.

Aguero is my team-mate, and I'll always cheer for him to score and help the club.

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.

I can't put my mind to anything else. I'm not interested in hanging out or partying. For me, it's all about the pitch: training, playing. But even when I go home, afterwards, it's football the whole time. I think I'm obsessed!

I like to define myself as a fighter on the pitch.

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.

I practice very hard. I take care of myself, and I'm young.

I think that many players, just like me, feel a strong desire to play in the Premier League.

Since my early days, I've been used to playing with older boys and strong defenders.

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.

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.

I grew up very quickly because of the difficulties and responsibilities that I have always had.

We must always give preference to the collective. We have to play as Brazil. Nobody is a lone protagonist.

When I have the ball at my feet, I'm in different world.

I actually prefer playing as a left winger rather than a striker, but I just want to be very clear that I'm willing to play in either position.

My mother gave me a ball, and from then on, there was only football in my life.

Everyone knows Pep Guardiola is a great professional, but getting to know him, I have realised he is an even better person.

I realised it was very important to show the fans that I'm a normal person.