Let's say I don't need to chase the ball as much as before. You learn to find the shortcuts.
Milan is my home, where I chose to go and where my heart really is.
My time at Real Madrid wasn't a failure. I played 120 matches, I scored 28 goals, and I played an average of 30 games a season. What's more, I won three trophies: La Liga, a Copa del Rey, and a Supercopa de Espana.
The World Cup is a competition in which everything needs to work to your advantage. Players need to be fit, decisions have to go in your favour, and details such as a red card can cost a team dearly.
I have good memories of Real Madrid. Professionally, it was a difficult period, but my experience there was very good in all senses, as I grew a lot, learned many things, and lived with great champions.
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.
I learned that it is faith that decides whether something will happen or not.
Every opportunity that presents itself, my main objective is to conquer and be victorious.
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.
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.
It's important for me to keep improving.
In Italy, the coaches are very attentive to the details. They really study things, and that is a big difference here. They look at your movement, your positioning. They study you and work out how to stop you.
Even Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won two Ballons d'Or with Real Madrid, receives whistles from the Bernabeu.
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.
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 do want to live my life in the right way and live my life close to God.
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.'
In football, there are good and bad times, but if you are a great side, you can be confident of winning trophies again.
When I'm struggling, I can still dream about my successes.
