Quotes from Neymar

Every team going to Brazil 2014 will be there to win, and it's going to be a fiercely contested World Cup.

Messi deserves to win this World Cup for all he has done for football.

I do not like to put one title above the other. Every competition I contest and win is important.

Winning titles plays a big role in the Ballon d'Or race.

I was quite nervous in my first week at Barcelona, but after that, I was relaxed.

A historic defeat cannot bow our heads forever.

It is difficult to take in that your idols are in the same place as you are.

Imagine you're 24 years old, earning what I earn and having all that I have. Wouldn't you be the same as me?

I just like winning every tournament that I play. All of them are important for me. Each has its own history, its own characteristic, but they are all important.

It's good for Brazilian football to have idols, stars, big stars coming back to Brazilian clubs. The tournaments become much better, more interesting. Ze Roberto, Juninho Pernambucano, Ronaldinho Gaucho, and other players who have returned to Brazil strengthen the league and improve the tournaments.

I don't compare tournaments.

I want to trace my own path by doing the things I have been doing, winning titles, reaching goals.

I'm a happy guy. I like to joke around. I'm irreverent. I love my family; I love my son. I was very happy with and proud of the birth of my son. I grew up a lot after he was born. I'm just an easy and happy guy.

My father always told me I like the ball more than I like playing soccer: since I was a young kid, I was always skilled with it, dribbling furniture around the house. That's how I see football - fun and dynamic - and this goes beyond me; it's a characteristic of Brazilian football.

Right now I'm living my boyhood dream, which was to play for a European club. The fact that it's a huge club like Barcelona makes it a tremendous honour. I like everything about the city: the climate, the people. It's quite similar to Brazil, which helps a lot. There's even a beach!

When I'm on the field, the trick I like to do most are stepovers. For me, it's a simple, beautiful dribble that also has a point.

Barca is more than a club and a great team and I want to contribute to Messi staying the best for many years.

Football, particularly Brazilian football, is about being happy, and that's what tricks do. It's part of our culture, at the end of the day, though, it's all about winning.

I've always said I learned to defend myself from an opponent coming for a hard hit. Tricks are part of my repertoire; I use them to try to get past my opponents, but the objective is always to score goals.

That is one of the things I dream about for myself: to receive the 'golden ball' someday.

When I arrived at Barcelona and saw Messi's face, and later Luis Suarez, I felt like it was a videogame.

I'm Messi Football Club.

Messi is a great player. Playing against him is not good - it is bad.

I respect his decisions, but football without Messi is not football. It is very hard to imagine football without him.