Quotes from Oscar

As a player, I'm a combination of my father and my uncle. People back home say that they were such good players and that I remind them of them both.

If people want to say I seem too nice to be a footballer, that's good. It's just the way I am.

I think the Brazilian people are very fond of Neymar for the fact that he stayed at Santos for so long and stayed in Brazil. That's very cool for him.

The fans are really good in China - not only Shanghai; wherever I go, everybody who stops me is super nice.

To win an Olympic gold would be very special for me.

The big games against big opponents, those are the best games to play in.

When I was talking with Shanghai, I was talking to big clubs from Europe, as well. There was Atletico Madrid, who I almost joined. I liked them very much and what they were offering me at the time. There was also Juventus, Inter Milan, and AC Milan. I had some options.

I arrived very early in Europe.

I played in a city in Brazil where there are only two big clubs and Internacional versus Gremio was unbelievable - the pressure, the team atmosphere and everybody flying on the adrenalin.

My father loved to play the game, he never became a professional but when he was younger everyone would say he was good enough and when I heard people talking about him, I wanted to emulate him. So I started to play.

I am pretty sure that in the future the Chinese league will be one of the best leagues in the world.

The long-distance ones are the most common goals I have scored.