Top 50 Roberto Firmino Quotes

I always modeled myself on Ronaldinho. He was one of my favourites who I followed a lot – his magic made us want to imitate him and his football. Is my goal celebration a tribute to him? Yes, of course. I like him a lot.

The Selecao go into every competition to win it.

My family mean a lot to me, but I guess that’s like it is with every other player.

I knew Jurgen Klopp from my time in Germany.

I come from Maceio, where it is very hot all year around. I moved to Florinoples in the south, which is very cold. I passed the tests that were asked of me there, and that got me the move to Germany. I could have stayed in Brazil, but I wanted the challenge.

I’m accustomed to pressure. It’s what we, as players, live. If you don’t want pressure, then football is not for you.

Klopp is a great tactician and a great coach.

Your eyes are very important as a professional footballer.

Being shy has never held me back.

I love Liverpool – it’s a great city to live in.

I am very proud of being Brazilian, but I am also thankful for having the chance to play in Germany for four and a half years. I have completely changed the way I play football because Germany is a tougher, faster game which is more tactical with tighter marking.

By working hard at Hoffenheim, I made it into the Selecao.

When people ask what my ambitions are for the rest of my career, I always say that I live in the present.

I left Brazil very early, before reaching the top level of the Brazilian championship. That made a difference: I was not seen as a ‘name’ around the country.

I will keep my time at Hoffenheim and the people I met here in my heart forever.

When I came to Liverpool, in a €20 million transfer, I was expensive.

We all know how big Liverpool Football Club is. It is a club with a lot of tradition.

I have suffered racial prejudice, and I know how painful it is. People need to take this issue more seriously and engage in this fight against racism.

To score my first Selecao goal is a unique emotion.

I love Safadao; it is an honor to be compared.

I started out as a defender. I played as a full-back, and then I moved into the centre. I played defence right the way through until the Under-18s. Honestly!

I could say Liverpool is the first big club I will play for. It’s a massive chance for me to show what I can do.

I do have moments when I like to relax, but I’m always moving, and that has always been the case since I was a boy.

I learnt a lot in Germany, and the German mentality really helped me. It was an enormous step in my life.

I used to be very shy, much more so than I am now. It’s great that I’ve improved in that regard. Every day, I’m getting better and less… embarrassed.

Pep Guardiola had some great clashes with Klopp in German football. They know each other well.

I have always worked very hard in my career. Always working towards a good moment. And when you plan, the rewards appear.

I am very happy here at Liverpool. It’s a very good club at a very high level – a big club.

I look up to many great players – principally attackers. The two Ronaldos, Romario and Rivaldo all play well.

Certainly my dream is to lift the Premier League trophy with Liverpool, and that’s what we are trying to do.

I pray and listen to music on the way to the stadium. I also bless myself just before kick-off.

We lived in a tough neighbourhood where there were gangs, and although my mum made sure I studied at school, they also allowed me to follow my dream to play football.

Everybody knows that Coutinho is a great footballer – here in England, they call him ‘The Magician.’ He made his decision to join Barcelona, but every time we meet and play for the Selecao, we have a good chat and maintain that friendship. He is an exceptional guy and one of the best friends football has given me.

Playing for Liverpool at Anfield is a very joyous and positive experience.

A lot of Brazilians are very superstitious, especially footballers. I’m the same. I always step on to the pitch with my right foot first.

Whenever there is a new song out, we’ll sometimes try to rehearse a celebration so when one of us scores a goal, we can celebrate it together. I find this a nice thing between team-mates to show the friendship between us, and I try to do this whenever I can.

I am not someone who enjoys being followed and harassed. I prefer to stay at home with my family than to go out.

Without a doubt, German football, where I’ve played for nearly five years, is very similar – maybe just a little less tough than English football.

I was adapted to European football after playing in Germany for three years, but English football is very different to the Bundesliga.

I think I was born with that desire to win and attention to detail.

I always want to win games… and titles.

Everyone hears stories about what it means to be a Liverpool player, but, until you live it personally, you cannot really understand it.

Coutinho is a friend and also a great player. He’s got incredible passing ability; he knows how to put attackers in on goal.

Professor Tite has played a big role in the Selecao’s ascent. He’s a brilliant coach, with a unique way of working, but he’s also a marvellous person. He makes everyone feel at ease.

I always try to do a bit more than I am asked.

It comes easy to me to run. I picked a lot of it up from Germany. I had four-and-a-half years there, and I learned you have to be on the automatic button. Press it, and you go: you keep running, chasing and working.

Anfield is the best place in the world to play football; there’s no doubt about it. The atmosphere is incredible, and we always get so much strength from our supporters in every single game.

I don’t like to lose.

I like to relax; of course I do! But when I am inside the pitch, that is it. You have to go on full on from the first minute.

I have evolved a lot as a player working with Klopp, who is a very tactical coach.