Neymar Quotes

Growing up, John Terry was my obvious idol. I based my whole game on him.

John Barnes was my idol growing up and he's the reason I've supported Liverpool. I play nothing like him, though!

I remember how inspiring it was to meet players like Bobby Charlton or Bryan Robson when I was a kid. I still remember Clive Allen showing up when I received a trophy for my Sunday league team.

Everyone knows what a great player, as well as a person, David Beckham is. I am just hoping that I can learn from him. I know if I want to go far in my football career I have to do as well as him.

I wanted to be Ronaldinho. I studied him a lot. He was my hero.

I'm just a lad playing for Liverpool, trying to achieve his dream, so to see a lad with my name on his shirt - when I grew up having the names of other players on my shirt - it meant a lot.

Zidane is a Real Madrid legend. He teaches us things in every training session - even just by playing with us.

As a kid, I looked up to Gazza, and to Wayne Rooney because he came through at Everton. Zidane has been one of my favourite players and I was always watching videos of him.

Once I started playing as a striker, I'd say I looked up to Julie Fleeting and Thierry Henry.

I really like Ronaldinho. He is the player I have watched the most and tried to copy the most, but I am still learning.

To have the chance to work with a World Cup-winning coach is special, and not everybody gets that opportunity.

There are a lot of players that I wanted to play with, but I always wanted to play with Ronaldinho. He's been always my idol, I am a fan of his.

Playing with Wayne Rooney was a dream come true. He's a legend and a role model to me.

My brother was the one who really gave me the desire to follow in his footsteps. Also, it was really Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, the two Brazilian players, who also inspired me to a future in football.

I always liked watching Ronaldo and Ronaldinho; they were the players who I dreamt about meeting. They inspired me a lot in my own style of play.

The player I look up to is Rio Ferdinand. I have always played at the back, and I've always tried to base my game on his.

In my career, Diego Maradona had the biggest influence on me.

Neymar is my favourite player. Getting to possibly play or train with him is going to be amazing.

Obviously Messi is one of the best players in the world, if not the best player in the world. Looking up to him when you're young and now playing against him, it was very nerve-racking for me - especially when he would come up on my side, my heart would be beating faster and faster.

Of course I watch videos of my father's goals from time to time, while I also receive a lot of advice from him, but what you see on the pitch is the result of my own hard work.

It's funny that as soon as I retired from international football, Italy won the World Cup.

I loved Mia Hamm, and I really looked up to Julie Foudy as well, who is one of my mentors.

I model myself on Christie Rampone and look up to her. Obviously, achieving what she's achieved would be magnificent. I'd really like to meet her just once.

My dad was a midfielder, like I am, and he was good, too. When I saw him playing as I got older, I could see he really knew how to play. He didn't have all the chances to grow and have a great career that I got, but he did what he could.

It has always been my dream to be at Barcelona, and now I'm here; I'm very happy. It is the best club in the world with the best players in the world.