Dani Alves

Behind the footballer, there is a human being.

— Dani Alves

What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

— Dani Alves

I think that my team is more important than me.

— Dani Alves

Messi is much better than Cristiano Ronaldo.

— Dani Alves

Criticising is a weapon of the weak.

— Dani Alves

I always have the desire for a new challenge.

— Dani Alves

Messi has a divine gift.

— Dani Alves

I have flaws, but I'm honest.

— Dani Alves

People who want to know who I am, or my history, put my name into Google.

— Dani Alves

For me, 'rich' isn't having lots of money; rich is having loads of things in your head.

— Dani Alves

In life, you have to weigh everything up, even when they are just decisions about your career.

— Dani Alves

Yes, I love shoes and especially Jordans; they're always beautiful.

— Dani Alves

All my fights with Cristiano were because of the press.

— Dani Alves

When I signed for Barca, I knew their playing style was suited to my game.

— Dani Alves

If you live your life by what others say, it stops being your life.

— Dani Alves

I like attacking football, but that's not the only thing the game's about.

— Dani Alves

Money's a necessary evil, there to give you moments. It gives me things I couldn't have - nice things - but happiness?…

— Dani Alves

I think that the best player in the world should be quiet, humble, and friendly. Lionel Messi is all of these things,…

— Dani Alves

At Brazil, we play as a collective, something that also happens in Barcelona, but not at Real Madrid.

— Dani Alves

When you have experienced players, you don't tremble when it comes to playing in a hostile atmosphere or under pressure.

— Dani Alves

If you do the same as all the rest, you're the same as all the rest: I don't want to be just…

— Dani Alves

A national team is a reflection of its country's football, and both Brazil and Argentina have earned respect for what they've achieved.

— Dani Alves

It is hard to improve someone as a player, but is easier to help someone become a better person.

— Dani Alves

Players earn their wages, their livelihoods, and their right to compete to win things out on the pitch and not off it.

— Dani Alves

Barcelona focus a lot on what Barcelona does and not on what others are going to do. It creates a different way…

— Dani Alves

Before I go up against the best forwards in the world - Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar - I study their strengths…

— Dani Alves

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm…

— Dani Alves

Those who know Neymar know his great quality and how special he is. And I insist again, we have to take care…

— Dani Alves

I've already promised that I want to end my career where I started it, as a way of thanking those who gave…

— Dani Alves

If you have a negative model, you do negative things. If you have a positive model, like Guardiola, who says positive things…

— Dani Alves

Before I went to Juventus, I made a final promise to the board at Barcelona. I said, 'You're going to miss me.'…

— Dani Alves

I have faced many, but the most annoying was James Milner. He follows you forward and follows you backwards. It's very difficult…

— Dani Alves

I love football, adore it.

— Dani Alves

I'm a huge fan of Michael Jordan, and I love the game of basketball.

— Dani Alves

Having my friends close to me is always a pleasure, a great honour.

— Dani Alves

Barcelona is my home. It's impossible to say that I wouldn't return.

— Dani Alves

English football is a type of football which excites me a lot.

— Dani Alves

I know that if the people close to me are happy, I am happy, and I can do my job better.

— Dani Alves

I like happiness, and when people try to destroy that, it winds me up.

— Dani Alves

The fear of losing makes you better because it stops you cruising.

— Dani Alves