Quotes About Brazil

Would I have preferred not to play in a home World Cup for Brazil, a privilege that most people in this world can only dream of? Not a chance.

Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I've got followers there who I've been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele. I'd love to go to that World Cup - I'm not sure in what capacity, but I'll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.

I played for Santos at 16, and we had an excellent team, so it helped a lot. And then I played for Brazil at the Maracana against Argentina. So I get more experience. This was one year before the World Cup, and it made a lot of difference.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

Brazil is well served for goalkeepers, many who have not been to the World Cup are very good.

Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country.

You think about past World Cups - in 2006, it was a fantastic Brazil team, but we did not do so well that year. In 2010, the same: it did not go far, either - only the quarter-finals. But in '94 and 2002, Brazil did not play the best football but won the World Cup; they found a way to win.

When I was a kid, I dreamed of wearing the Selecao shirt in a World Cup.

The first World Cup I followed was Sweden 1958. I watched the games on TV. Brazil won that World Cup by defeating Sweden 5-2 in the Final and Pele scored twice.

Brazil go into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil, it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country. Not just the fans and players, but everybody in Brazil lets us know that they expect it. Our president, people in politics, all tell us to come back with the World Cup.

I got to be around an England team at a World Cup in Brazil, and that was an amazing experience.

In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

My dream is to play with the selecao in the World Cup in Brazil and I will have more chance to realise the dream if I play for a big team.

A World Cup in Brazil has to be a career highlight for any player. Everyone wants to be there.

I believe my chances of making the World Cup squad will improve if I join City. My exposure would be better because Brazil is biased towards the Ukrainian league.

At the World Cup, I carried my mum's Caribbean sauce around with me. She makes her own, and I brought it to Brazil - I needed to have it there. We're very down-to-earth; it's the nature of my family. We came from nothing.

Ronaldinho is a phenomenon, and so is Cafu! I am twice World champion and led Brazil to a World Cup triumph in 2002.

The athlete of the century, he scored more than 1,000 goals, and won the World Cup three times. He was complete. I don't need to say anything more. Pele is Pele. No one can beat him.

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

I have dreamed of Brazil all my life. As a child, I had videos of Brazil, of their World Cup wins, of Pele, and of all the big players.

For Brazil, the World Cup really starts in the knockout rounds.

A World Cup in Brazil is the greatest event in which a footballer can play.

I want to win all sorts of titles and then the World Cup with the Brazilian national team.

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