Quotes About Adaptation

Sometimes in T20, you need to bowl only one over, and once the captain has given you that one over, irrespective of whether it is good or bad, that one over is out of the equation. That actually helps you, that one over. By the time the batsman figures out what you are trying to do, you get rid of one over.

Nothing in the world is irreversible, not even capitalism.

My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am... I can't win.

I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.

My grandmother grew up in a 19th-century world, and my daughter has grown up in a 21st-century world, and some issues, problems, dilemmas that these women face have not changed.

It is what it is, it is what you make it.

Covid makes the job harder. But it is what it is and we have to get on with it.

In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto.

One week after moving to Rome, I started writing in my diary in Italian.

I can't speak much Italian. I do go down well over there, but it's frustrating because I can't really speak it. Even if I do talk, they can't understand my accent, but I should try to learn it.

I learned English, French, Italian.

I used to speak Italian.

It's certainly been very important to have my own family with me. They came with me to Italy, left what they had in Brazil and also adapted to a new country, new culture and new language was difficult but having their support in the good and bad times was fantastic.

In Italy, where I live now, I have put some distance between myself and the world that has formed me.

The defenders in Italy are stronger, and that makes me better. Serie A is played in a different way to other leagues.

Before Italy, I had a happy life.

I've become accustomed to playing against four defenders throughout my career, but in Italy, I have to play against five.

With what I have learned in Italy, if I have the chance to learn something more in England I think it would make me a more complete, better player.

Here in Italy, football is more like a chess game. You have to think about every move.

I am very happy and satisfied with my first year in Italy.

Nobody should imagine that they could go to England and change the way that football is played there. Just as nobody should imagine that they could come to Italy and change the culture or the DNA of Italian football. Or even the DNA of the club where they work.

To have a chance at a big club, if it goes well and the club is happy and I am happy, then I can definitely see a longer-term future in Italy.

When I was back in Italy my friends ask me about MLS. I say I am happy, I like it here.

Like everybody coming from Europe, I didn't believe it at first, but you really need time to adjust. I thought it was going to be like going from Croatia to Italy. But you really need the time just to understand things here.