Quotes About Identity

I really like walking for brands where I like the clothes, because it's a big part of the whole thing.

I can't be like Brandy. I have to be me.

I need to try and get away from that brat role, or people are going to think I'm a natural brat.

As a cricketer, I played on bravado and character. My personality was bound up with how I played the game.

It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength.

I'd rather not be called 'brave.'

People are always asking me - because of my family - if I ever feel pressure or feel like I have something to live up to. And having that in the back of my head, I've just learned to be really brave even in the face of feeling ill-prepared.

Kylie and I are both pretty brave - much braver than the Kardashians. We have the Jenner in us.

One thing that I learned is this - once a Braves fan, always a Braves fan. No matter what. And as a player, that means more than you could understand.

Somebody had asked me how it was to be in Atlanta, and I said that Atlanta had always been known as a Braves city, a baseball town.

Brazil is where I have to be, where I have my roots.

I have a very big pride in Brazil.

We are the true Brazil.

Brazil is the second blackest nation in the world.

In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white.

Brazil is on my side.

My dream was always to play for Brazil.

Nobody is totally white in Brazil.

I believe the reason why I fight in Brazil is because I sell a lot in Brazil.

I live in the U.S., but I'm from Brazil.

I consider myself a Londoner first, and then I consider myself Brazilian before I consider myself English.

I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.

I feel that my drive and ambition is more American, while the passionate, laid-back side of me is all Brazilian.

To wear the number 10 for your country is a very special thing. This was not only my dream, but the dream of every single Brazilian.