Top 40 Philippe Coutinho Quotes

I share everything with my family; all my happiness and success is theirs.

I have conquered my space in four, five years and never had any problems with anyone – the fans, the board, my team-mates, the coaching staff. That has not changed.

Andres is a genius, and it’s an honour to share the same dressing room. I hope to learn a lot from him. Of course, there is only one Iniesta. I have come here to try to create history of my own and learn from these great players.

I also had a chance to play in Brazil for Vasco against Flamengo, the local rivals in Rio. So it is the sort of game the players like to play in, and I like the atmosphere, the build-up, and all the preparations throughout the week. You want to be involved in these kind of games.

I work hard on the precision of my long shots, but you can’t plan it in games. Sometimes it all just opens up for you to give it a try.

I know I have to be ready for every single ball, every pass, every challenge. Everything has to be at 100%.

Responsibility has to be shared between all the players. It’s more about doing your job and working hard. I try not to focus on me. My focus is on the team. I just work hard to try and improve.

Hopefully I will have a long career at Liverpool.

Football is more disputed in England than it is in Italy. Every match is a very hard match because the referee doesn’t blow his whistle as much as in Italy, and every team plays against each other like it is a final.

I have always tried and always believed in myself, so I went after it, to do my best, to achieve my dream, and I always thought I’d achieve my dream. And I always, always wanted to be a football player.

Liverpool is a great club worldwide. I’m here, and I will give my best as always. I’m working hard; my thoughts are on the team’s goals, making a good season.

I love to play football, and when I come on the pitch, I want to do my best to help the team. It’s up to the coach the position I play.

I really like Ronaldinho. He is the player I have watched the most and tried to copy the most, but I am still learning.

Most of the youngsters I grew up playing with do not have a career in the game now. Sometimes people think it is easy to be a footballer, but it is hard work that never stops.

I only ever met Ronaldinho once, at a charity event in Rio. Once every year, he stages a game and invites different players and personalities to play and raise money for his charity.

The No 10 shirt? Yes, I understand what it means in Brazil. The icon number. Yes, it’s important. It is the number given to a creative player, and I am happy to have that responsibility, but it is not your shirt number that defines you: it is what you do with a football.

I try to enjoy the moment, I like to play football, and every time I go on the pitch, I try my best.

I believe in finding somewhere you can express yourself, play without fear, play with everything you have. When you find that place, stay.

My focus in the training sessions is always about movement to create openings and opportunities. When you don’t have the ball, you still need the discipline to know where you should be, who you should be marking, but when we have the ball, it is important to be able to move around.

I like a lot to watch Real Madrid and Barcelona, which are my favourite teams in La Liga.

If there is something that needs to be done on my behalf back home, for example, my brothers take care of it for me. I share everything with my family; all my happiness and success is theirs.

The English season will be over; I’m a Brazilian who loves my country, so of course I will be following and supporting the side as much as any fan.

You have to think and act quickly. You have to quickly come up with a solution to beat a player, because most of the time, you are in a one-v-one.

My confidence has been really building since my time at Espanyol.

When I was young, I would watch Ronaldinho play; I would watch him give magic.

Aine had to change her entire routine; my dad had to quit his job, which was painful because he loves to be busy. My parents eventually moved back to Brazil, so since then, it has been me and my wife, although they are always involved.

My confidence has been really building since my time at Espanyol. The two coaches are actually very similar on the pressing side of the game. They spend a lot of time on that side of it, and it’s a lot of hard work.

Iniesta is a true football genius, and we should all give thanks not only for what he has done but what he’s continuing to do.

What I need to do is to work hard and to always do my best to help the team.

Where we lived was a nice residential area, but if you know Rio, you understand you can be 100 metres from a favela. It could be a little dangerous on the streets, especially at night.

You define the success of a player by his loyalty or his titles. Or both.

When I come onto the pitch, that’s when I’m able to get into that zone and forget about everything else other than just doing my job. But even then, it’s not a job. It’s playing football, and that’s something I love.

I know the expectations are higher on me now because I’ve played more matches and done well. But I need to keep improving to make the supporters happy. I know I can improve.

The FA Cup has been good for me, and I have scored some goals, but I want to get better because I need to get better. Scoring goals is one of the things that I need to do better because a player in my position must do that. I want to achieve many other things, but that is the main one.

Barcelona is one of the best teams in the world… so far, nothing has come to me, because if anything comes, it comes to my manager.

I am coming here to learn and contribute with my style of football. The most important thing for me in my time here is to win titles. My dream in this shirt is to make the fans happy, win trophies for them, and enjoy playing in the Barca colours.

First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully, you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup if possible. Then, obviously, play a good World Cup. That’s my dream.

Liverpool have always shown a great warmth to me, so when they came to me with a proposal, I did not need to think twice to renew the contract. I have always been looked after very well by this football club, and I am very happy at this football club, so I didn’t even have to think about it.

I was really shy when I was back in Brazil, so coming to Europe was very tough. I was arriving as a kid fresh from Brazil into a big team like Inter with a lot of star names.

I don’t like to talk about myself. I don’t want to talk about what I do, what I think I do. The position I play on the pitch, I am expected – and I expect – to create chances for my team-mates and score goals.