“A lot of people from Brazil and Russia and Europe, they follow me; the...” — Yair Rodriguez Quote

“A lot of people from Brazil and Russia and Europe, they follow me; they send me messages and follow me. I feel blessed.”

“I train hard, I work every single day, my coaches help me out, my people, thank you for everything.”

“I've been in contact sports since I was 5 years old.”

“We are going to change the destiny of Brazil.”

“In Brazil, the coach respects the player's characteristics. In Europe, they are used to playing with two lines of four players, and they don't want to know what you can do. There, if you are a forward, the coach sends you on to the pitch just to run. You have to run, and that's it.”

“I come from the ghetto in Brazil, where we don't have a lot of career opportunities, so I'm sure my family and people who live there never imagined that one day I'd become a singer and be able to perform at an event like the Olympics.”