Quotes from Paulinho

When the transfer window opens, every player can leave his club and find another challenge.

I've played football my entire life, all over the world, and the one thing I've learned is that the important thing is to enjoy your work.

It really is one of my qualities, moving into different areas of the field, picking up opponents as well as helping to attack.

When you change teams, cities or countries it's obvious there's a period of adaption, but some players can adapt quicker than others.

Coutinho is a great player, he will help Barcelona to reach their goals.

Lampard is a great player, not only for Chelsea, but in world football.

It's a great pleasure to be linked to such a great club like Tottenham.

I suffered racial abuse in Lithuania, and in two games the fans were making monkey noises and throwing coins at me.

Here in the Premier League you need to be very quick mentally. Spaces are shorter and the game is much more tactical and tight.

In 2011, when I was in Corinthians, I received an offer from Russia that offered me to win 10 times more than in Brazil and I answered: 'What I can do with five, I can do with two.'

I feel I am ready to experience football at the highest level in Europe and the opportunity to play in England is a dream.

It is the dream of every player. Imagine winning the World Cup in your own country. It would be the happiest day of my career.

It's a gift to be offered the opportunity to play the World Cup.

In my second season at Tottenham, things didn't go as I wanted but I accepted the offer from Chinese football and there I recovered my confidence and I won titles.

I'm certain I can fit in at Barca and prove that all the effort they made to get me here was worth it.

As a player, I just focus on the games and concentrate on improving myself.

I've heard it said that I'm silencing the critics so many times but it's not that: I don't have to prove myself to anyone.

You are told before coming to Europe that big teams here quite often rotate players. I respect this culture but it is instinctive for me to get annoyed if I don't play every game.

I'm not a hypocrite and I'm a transparent person.

I have always been very calm and with all the triumphs I have had I have always been sure to thank my colleagues and take things in a humble way. It is only because of this humility that I have achieved so much.

Messi has helped me a lot.

I was getting ready to take a free-kick in a game between Brazil and Argentina. Suddenly, I saw Messi behind me getting closer bit by bit, and he says 'are we going to Barcelona or not?' I said, 'if you want to bring me there, you can. I'll go.'

Matches are decided by details and you have to be ready to create spaces and help open up defences. It is what I have to do.

If we need to play ugly to win a match, we are going to do that.