Brazil is a country largely resistant to ideology. This is a strange fact given its founding by followers of the French philosopher Auguste Comte, who inscribed an epigram from his philosophy of positivism in the national flag: Order and Progress.
Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body.
This is a country where Jews and Arabs speak without fear. Where people come from different cultures the world over. Where everyone becomes Brazilian rapidly.
Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.
The English season will be over; I'm a Brazilian who loves my country, so of course I will be following and supporting the side as much as any fan.
I represent Brazil with the flag and the belt.
I'm under no illusions about the importance of my work. But if it has any worth, it is that it truly reflects the Brazilian people.
I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
Brazil is where I have to be, where I have my roots.
I defend the Brazilian people.
I'm a Brazilian - full blood, parents born and raised, and I lived there for a little bit - but I didn't grow up there.
Don't ask me what a typical Brazilian is because I don't know what a typical Brazilian is. But Romario was a typical Brazilian.
Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it.
I am a man of Brazil, of F1. My middle name needs to change to Rubens F1 Barrichello. I have no intention of saying goodbye.
We are the true Brazil.
I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
In a film called 'Senna,' the clue is in the title, and we have a Brazilian badge on our sleeve as we were making it. We were making it from Senna's point of view, with Senna narrating it.
I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country.
I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.
I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.
