My toenails are out of my foot because of all the stamps I have received during games. But it's fine. This is the Premier League and the way they play here.

Richarlison

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I have learned that you need to have patience, perseverance, and faith in people to reach your goals.

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I thought about the problems I had growing up: how I prioritised football over school, but people were telling me I wouldn't make it, that it wasn't possible. The thing is, I did make it, thanks to my own will and determination and the help of some people I had around me in my hometown.

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I used to work selling ice lollies and sweets on the road. I worked at a car wash as well.

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I haven't got enough fingers to count the number of clubs who rejected me.

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If I play at a really high level, opportunities will come my way.

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Everybody wants financial security for their family, and when a player says otherwise, he's lying.

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I had no trainers to play, so I went barefoot. Everyone else had trainers. I also remember running 9 km. to training one day with ripped trainers. The sock kept coming out of the shoe, so I'd have to stop and tuck it in.

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The pigeon dance came from a group from Rio de Janeiro who had a song in around 2012. A trend was started when I did the dance at home. Everyone started copying me.

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I started my career as a No 9. I know how to play as a No 9.

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It is a dream from my childhood: I always wanted to play in the Premier League, which is one of the best leagues in the world.

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I did not think twice when the offer from England came because it was always a professional goal of mine. I want to make history in Watford and score lots of goals.

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God has made everything perfect for me.

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I don't have the words to describe what the fans have done for me.

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I want to continue to score goals.

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Neymar makes difficult games easy.

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I'm a guy who always seeks the goal.

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I want to be a top scorer with my national team.

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I was ready to give up football, but I lifted my head, and I went to Belo Horizonte with just the money for an outward ticket for the last trial I had, with America MG. If I didn't make it, I had no money to get home to Espiritu Santo, 600 kilometres away. I gave my all that morning, and I passed.

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I used to sell candy and ice creams in the street, and I worked in the fields to help my parents.

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Marco Silva is always talking to me in training; he is always giving me guidance on positioning in the area. His coaching is essential for me. He is training me with an eye to being in the right place at the right time when balls come into the box so I am able to score more goals.

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