Top 1005 Quotes & Sayings by Brazilian Authors - Page 16

Often, players talk when they feel they are not being valued as they deserve. Then they get more attention.

I'm a product of a military dictatorship. Under a dictatorship, you cannot trust information or dispense it freely because of censorship. So Brazilians become very flexible in the use of metaphors. They learn to communicate with double meanings.

I love English football because it's real football. I love everything that surrounds it. The public, the atmosphere, the preparation.

It is never good to concede a goal; it is part of our job not to concede, just as it is part of our job to score.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

It's not telepathy. It's not the Borg. But we created a new central nervous system made of two brains.

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.

If you take your eye off the ball or lose focus for even a minute you can lose a game against any team.

If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting for a world title. You can't just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.

I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.

I think Ronda is a level above every UFC fighter, but not Cris Cyborg.

You know 'The Shawshank Redemption?' I've seen that movie, like, 30 times or something. 'Dirty Harry,' too - I love that movie.

When I entered Formula One in 2002 basically all I had was my talent, but now I also have the technical knowledge which enables me, together with my engineers, to fully exploit the potential of the car.

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.

I lived in Paris for four years, so I am obsessed with pastries. Croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes, macarons, all of that!

Sometimes it is good to hear criticism because you are more attentive.

The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.

My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read - she read words rather than syllables. And as a result of that, when I entered school, it took me a long time to learn how to write.

My job is to prioritize multi-lateralism, and that of course interests Brazil, which is a global player. I'm representing 159 members, and one of them happens to be Brazil.

Aldo has had a great run in the past, defended many titles against tough guys.

When you like something, it's not work, it's a pleasure.

At Real Madrid, everything gets taken to extremes, as much for the good things as the bad things, so you have to adapt to the way that the press and the fans live through different situations.

I would say that I am an academic in politics. I have never abandoned my academic approach to observe reality, independently from the subject and its constant changes.

The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

I've taken classes most of my life, and it's no secret among my friends I want to be in a movie about dance. Maybe 'Step Up 2,' with the delightful Channing Tatum.

Education must begin with the solution of the student-teacher contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.

Neymar and Balotelli have the same problem. They spend too much time on their activities off the pitch.

In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty.

I'm Latin, and my family is originally from Italy, so we're a loud group. There's always a lot of food, a lot of talking, a lot of fighting.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

I really like Kante, I admire him, he's a guy who plays great football.

I'm not very into pastas or heavy foods like meat, but pastries, especially if they come from a really nice French bakery, I go crazy over! I try to allow myself those little treats in the morning for breakfast, then I have a lighter lunch.

Goalkeeper is a very influential position, and that is becoming recognised now. If you think about it, any error that we make can be fatal for the team. It can lead to a goal and cause a defeat.

A racing driver has to be a good driver.

The most important thing for me is to have my cereal. I have milk and granola and cheese. And that's it. I have a lot of cereals that I eat all day long, and I have a big appetite. All over the planet I carry my cereals!

Playing for relegation and livelihoods and people's jobs - that's pressure. Being at the top of the table, we should be enjoying it.

Life is made up of challenges.

I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.

I want to fight Fedor, a lot. I respect him a lot, and I want to give him the chance to fight me again.

I fear no accusations.

I always dribble for a reason, and I always head for the goal.

I'm a very private person. I like staying home and doing my stuff. I hate people invading on my privacy. I hate talking about my private life.

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

It doesn't matter what the colour of your skin is, your sexual preference, the region where you were born, your gender. We're all equal... We can't take certain minorities and think they have super powers and are different from the others.

I get a lot of front ball in a position that, normally, the opponent's defense is making the move outwards, and our attackers are getting in.

I've always been motivated and I've never lost my smile.

Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.

One gets wrapped up in reacting to one's own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.

I had an injury in my leg, and everybody was talking about that. I decided to cut my hair and leave the small thing there. I come to training, and everybody saw me with bad hair. Everybody was talking about the hair and forgot about the injury. I could stay more calm and relaxed and focused on my training.

People used to name me the Brazilian Pistorius. Thank God I'm not the Brazilian Pistorius any more. I'm Alan.

If I could I would fight every week.

You know what, if I had to do it all again, I would do the same things as before. I would meet the same people, make a lot of friends, bring a lot of happiness to my country. I get to travel all over the world, doing seminars. I have thousands of students in the Nogueira gyms.

If, at the end of my mandate, all Brazilians have the possibility to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, I will have fulfilled the mission of my life.

A manager's story, like the story of a player, is unpredictable.

We're all interested in life outside of Earth. We all have a fascination with what's out there because we don't really know.

The World Cup is made up of human relationships, you have to feel how the dressing room is established, how the players interact, the responsibility, the joy, the pride, you try to balance things out. If you're hyper, you try to slow it down; if you're a bit low, you try to hype it up.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

In the nineties, the PT had wrongly decided to attribute its electoral failures to its virtues.

Gossip is poison.

In the summer I wear shorts with a bright top and ankle boots or just sandals. I'll add a nice scarf, maybe a hat, some cool sunglasses. It's all about the accessories.