Top 33 Gabriel Jesus Quotes

Everyone knows I care very deeply for my mother and that I love her very much.

I think that many players, just like me, feel a strong desire to play in the Premier League.

I can’t put my mind to anything else. I’m not interested in hanging out or partying. For me, it’s all about the pitch: training, playing. But even when I go home, afterwards, it’s football the whole time. I think I’m obsessed!

We must always give preference to the collective. We have to play as Brazil. Nobody is a lone protagonist.

I’m very attached to my family. My mother is hard on me when she has to be, and that makes a huge difference. Their support means I need concentrate only on playing.

The Varzea is kind of like street basketball in America or like the semi-professional football leagues in Europe. The pitches are all dirt, and you’re playing against the marmanjo – the ‘hard men.’ It’s known for being extremely physical.

For me, football was everything. The love of the ball was everything.

I think, as a player, we have to work and fight for our dream, and this makes us grow up. We get old quickly – we leave our families to run for our dreams.

I always want to run; I always want to play.

From an early age, I tried to take in all the instructions of all the coaches I had.

I have to keep playing and growing and giving my best.

If I am helping my team-mates in some way, giving assistance, passing the ball, I’ll already be very happy, but of course, in my position, I have to score.

I was lucky because my mother worked extremely hard, and our family always had food to eat.

I play to win.

I grew up very quickly because of the difficulties and responsibilities that I have always had.

I will not lie. When I first came to Manchester City, I felt lost about everything.

Aguero is my team-mate, and I’ll always cheer for him to score and help the club.

I have the best family, and I receive the best guidance.

I’m a normal lad. I’ve always been quite humble, and I like simple things.

I’m not scared of tough tacklers.

When the team is losing, you can become upset and mixed up, shying away from the play, and lose control.

My mother gave me a ball, and from then on, there was only football in my life.

I am a regular kid. I like the simple things, and I always want to improve.

I realised it was very important to show the fans that I’m a normal person.

I like to define myself as a fighter on the pitch.

I played street football from the age of seven and later went into the varzea. Sometimes I’d play as many as three or four matches a day: I couldn’t get enough of it. It’d get to the point when my muscles would cramp up.

When I spoke to some players that had already played in the Premier League, they said it was going to be very difficult, but I put in my head that by working hard, you can achieve your goals.

Sergio Aguero is a high-quality player. I’m a big fan of his, both of his football and his humility.

I have two idols in my life – God and my mum.

My father left the family right after I was born, so my mother was working every single day to support me and my brothers.

My dream in a City shirt is to win titles, to be happy, and to make all Manchester City’s fans happy, too.

Whenever I score for Manchester City, my mother calls me. As soon as the ball hits the back of the net, the phone rings. It doesn’t matter if she’s back home in Brazil or if she’s in the stadium watching me. She calls me every time. So I run to the corner flag, and I put my hand to my ear, and I say, ‘Alo Mae!’

I have a lot of faith in God. Without him, I wouldn’t be anything.