Every opportunity that presents itself, my main objective is to conquer and be victorious.
— Kaka
Let's say I don't need to chase the ball as much as before. You learn to find the shortcuts.
In football, there are good and bad times, but if you are a great side, you can be confident of winning trophies again.
Playing motivates players.
For a player it's an amazing experience to be at Real Madrid. I matured a lot there, principally as a person.
In 2009, I accepted the proposal of Real Madrid, but I was completely destroyed there because I could not give what I had given Milan. I was completely lost.
I know it's hard to follow the example of another team in the same country, but that's what you have to do sometimes.
I have been in many teams that have had loads of talent but did not make it through and been with teams that did not have that much talent and ended up being champions.
Each goal I score is exciting.
You only appreciate what it feels like to win the Champions League after you've seen it snatched away from you.
I'm very happy with where I arrived, both personally and professionally. I can say more so personally, because my career will have to end eventually. I do not know how long it will be, but eventually it will end, and the personal will continue.
To take on Madrid is a very good experience.
I learned to respect the coach and to do everything within my power to show that I should be the one playing. That's exactly what I did during my three years under Mourinho.
One always wants more when things work out.
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.
It's important for me to keep improving.
It's incredible to win an individual award in a team sport and also one where everybody wants to be able to say, 'I'm the best.'
It's not easy to decide what is best for you in the future.
His ambition for victory sets Mourinho apart. He wants to win every game, so he prepares all the smallest details; in training, at the game, everything. I loved to work with him.
In Brazil, we think we can help by using our image, the fact that we are very well known, to help others. I think lots of footballers want to do something, but many don't know how.
When I do an interview, when I appear on camera, I want to be the same person as the one you meet personally and say, 'He is really the same person I saw on television.'
I have overcome many difficult moments in my career.
Mourinho helped me grow. He taught me to be patient, to keep fighting, and to respect the coach's decisions. He helped me mature and turned me into a man.
I would love to have a career like Zinedine Zidane. He stopped playing, took some time, realised he liked coaching, and started working in the youth academy. I could follow a similar path.
Jose Mourinho was a difficult coach for me, and we had a respectful but complicated relationship. When I thought he would give me a chance, I couldn't prove to him that I was in good shape.
When I'm struggling, I can still dream about my successes.
I am always grateful to my team-mates at Milan for what we achieved.
Every time I hear the fans, it's exciting. It gives me a great feeling because I know it comes from their heart.
Even Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won two Ballons d'Or with Real Madrid, receives whistles from the Bernabeu.
It has been tough when I have been with the national team and we have gone to play in some of the poorer areas in Brazil. You see people come and watch us train or play a match, and then you know some of them are going home with no food on the plate.
