If you are not playing in your position in a league as competitive as England then it is difficult. — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say it was a relief to leave Spurs but it was clear I had to. It was a difficult time. — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I hope to build a beautiful story here with Spurs like I did with Corinthians. — Paulinho Copy Share Image
Football is a game where you have to do a bit of everything if you want your team to have the edge. — Paulinho Copy Share Image
The only way I can show the doubters is on the field. Not for them, but for my team-mates, who are with… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I want to take advantage of every year I have at Barcelona. I don't see any other place where I'd be better… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
A lot of people felt it was difficult for me to come to Barca because I was playing in China. Nevertheless, I… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
It really is one of my qualities, moving into different areas of the field, picking up opponents as well as helping to… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
You are told before coming to Europe that big teams here quite often rotate players. I respect this culture but it is… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to love playing football so much that I genuinely wouldn't be able to fall asleep… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
When I was 19 years old, I quit football completely. For about a month, I stayed at home in a depression. This… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
In my second season at Tottenham, things didn't go as I wanted but I accepted the offer from Chinese football and there… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I had a good first season at Tottenham, but in the second there wasn't a sequence of games. So when I didn't… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I did not have to prove anything to people who doubted me, just to my team-mates and to Barcelona. The best thing… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
As for Iniesta, he does things in training and in games that I've never seen before. He is an example to follow.… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I was getting ready to take a free-kick in a game between Brazil and Argentina. Suddenly, I saw Messi behind me getting… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
When I went from Tottenham to China a lot of people said that was it, my career was over. I had a… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
People always talk and always will - 'He's good now because he's at Barca,' 'He was only good then because he was… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I have always fought to play for great clubs and to play for the Brazilian national team. — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I am very happy that a great club like Barcelona is interested in me, as that is priceless. — Paulinho Copy Share Image
When the transfer window opens, every player can leave his club and find another challenge. — Paulinho Copy Share Image
As a player, I just focus on the games and concentrate on improving myself. — Paulinho Copy Share Image
I'm certain I can fit in at Barca and prove that all the effort they made to get me here was worth… — Paulinho Copy Share Image
Never mind where you are, you have to fight until the end. It's important you never give up. — Paulinho Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I am very happy that a great club like Barcelona is interested in me, as that is priceless. — Paulinho Copy Share
I have always been very calm and with all the triumphs I have had I have always been sure to thank my colleagues and… — Paulinho Copy Share
In 2011, when I was in Corinthians, I received an offer from Russia that offered me to win 10 times more than in Brazil… — Paulinho Copy Share
If you look at my career it has always been about overcoming difficulties in different places. — Paulinho Copy Share
When you change teams, cities or countries it's obvious there's a period of adaption, but some players can adapt quicker than others. — Paulinho Copy Share
If you are not playing in your position in a league as competitive as England then it is difficult. — Paulinho Copy Share
You are told before coming to Europe that big teams here quite often rotate players. I respect this culture but it is instinctive for… — Paulinho Copy Share
A player can make money at any team he goes to. The important thing for me is to be happy with the decision that… — Paulinho Copy Share
Whatever the circumstances, playing alongside the best in the world is something I can tell my kids about. — Paulinho Copy Share
A good financial proposal doesn't mean you'll get to do a lot of things. There are times when you have to think about your… — Paulinho Copy Share
