Quotes from Thiago Silva

I must continue to work hard to help my teammates. Competition always exists in football.

When you don't win, you get called a failure.

It always takes some time when you change the technical staff. Sometimes you don't understand what they ask for.

Centre-backs with good technique can move the ball forward, even when under pressure.

We are professional footballers. How to cope with the pressure is one of the things we have to learn.

It was Milan who proved they wanted me and they did everything to get me.

If we become world champions it may open the door to the Fifa Ballon d'Or, although I think it would be difficult. Every 10 years a centre-back may win it once.

What I like about Scolari is his personality. He is a firm guy in his words - if you are not playing well, you'll be benched, but if you are benched and training well, then you will get your opportunity.

Our relationship is very good. When Ibra gets annoyed, I prefer not to reply because I know how he can react. I prefer to calmly count to ten.

Paulinho provides pace, strength and quality goals in the middle of the park.

I started off as a right-winger, but my coaches pushed me further and further back. So much so that I ended up in defence, because I wasn't good with my hands and there was nowhere else to go! So they put me there and that's when I found my position.

I try to be as focused as I can so I can do my job to the best of my abilities.

I have been a Barca fan since I was a child and followed them since they had Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldo.

When I dreamt of being a footballer I dreamt of being a forward, but I wasn't talented enough.

We have to learn that not everyone deserves our tears. You have to do the right thing even if someone mocks you.

Pastore has so many qualities. Every pass he makes puts our forwards into position and we create a lot of opportunities thanks to him.

I'm a very quiet guy.

It was a difficult decision to say no twice to Barcelona. It was never a secret that I have admired them since I was a kid and that I always wished I could play for Barcelona. But life is made of hard decisions that sometimes go against what you dream of.

I want to leave PSG one day having won the Champions League. That's my biggest dream.

To me, Messi, Neymar and Suarez are among the three best players in the world.

Playing in adversity is when we show we have clear heads.

I am happy that my career has been successful and I want to finish at the highest level possible.

I'm a fan of how Zinedine Zidane ended his career, right after a World Cup.

The Brazilian press doesn't allow us to forget the World Cup in 1950, when we lost the final in a full Maracana.