You can play happy-go-lucky football against Brazil in a…

Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport.

— Marta

I'm lucky to have football. My father was 16 when he worked in the mines. That's practically a child, going down the mines.

— Santi Cazorla

Some of my friends were gang-affiliated or gang-related, but that was just the way things were. I was lucky because football kept me busy…

— Troy Deeney

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

I think the Brazilian people are very fond of Neymar for the fact that he stayed at Santos for so long and stayed in…

— Oscar

For me it doesn't matter where, I just like to fight. If they put me in the States or in Brazil, for me it…

— Alex Pereira

Look at me and tell me if I dont have Brazil in every curve of my body.

— Carmen Miranda

Playing alongside Messi is special for me. He's a player I always wanted to play with. I have played against him with Brazil, but…

— Paulinho

Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.

— John Motson

[Brazil] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data…

— Edward Snowden

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

— Clarice Lispector

“Não, a vida nunca foi só a vida, nela há sonhos e fantasias que fazem a realidade ser o que é...”

— Monteiro Lobato

Yes, Brazil, like the whole world, stands to lose a lot in a climate-altered world. But it's also one of the major forces determining…

— Gisele Bundchen

I thought I would be an overnight star when I had a hit record in Brazil with my first album - but things didn't…

— Chris de Burgh

“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated…

— Jack Weatherford