I'm always in the 'butcher' role. But the only way to stop Messi one-on-one is to foul him. Otherwise, if I'm alone, I'll only get the ball one in 20 times. I have to use other weapons, I know the best way to stop him. I know he does not like playing with his back to goal, you must be right on top of him when he gets the ball.
When I left for Chelsea, I wanted to prove that I could play in the Premier League, but it didn't happen the way I dreamed.
At the level Neymar moves at, you do not change teams for money.
In the Premier League the big clubs can lose and drop points. Games that are supposed to be easy are never easy.
If you give Messi a metre, he'll snatch the ball and leave you behind.
A footballer's career is very short, and I want to finish it in a strong and spectacular way.
I consider my time with Chelsea a personal triumph.
In one year I won two titles - one being the Premier League. I have a trophy at home that not many people have and in possibly the most competitive league in the world.
I have always liked Chelsea a lot. I watch a lot of the Premier League, and it is a club where you can feel the warmth of the fans.
Many players enter the pitch just to change shirts, but I don't.
Wherever Mourinho goes, he is a champion.
In Spain you fight, of course, against Real Madrid and Barcelona, and they almost never lose because they have the biggest squads, and they are two of the biggest clubs in the world. So it's really difficult.
I feel at home in Madrid. I have always felt important, wanted, and trusted by everyone here.
Paulinho will surprise many people. If he does not fit at Barca, he would at Atletico.
I admire Messi: he's never complained to me in any game we played, but I've also never asked him for his jersey and never would. I came to win, not to say I played against Messi.
You know 'The Shawshank Redemption?' I've seen that movie, like, 30 times or something. 'Dirty Harry,' too - I love that movie.
I watch a lot of movies, and sometimes I watch the same ones a lot of times, so you get to learn a lot of words that way.
I lived in Holland for one year when I was younger and, although they speak Dutch there, I learned a little bit of English while I was there, but really I learned from movies and TV series like '24' and 'Prison Break.'
Some players benefit from criticism, but for others, they don't.
Often, players talk when they feel they are not being valued as they deserve. Then they get more attention.
