“I was ready to give up football, but I lifted my head, and I went to B...” — Richarlison Quote

“I was ready to give up football, but I lifted my head, and I went to Belo Horizonte with just the money for an outward ticket for the last trial I had, with America MG. If I didn't make it, I had no money to get home to Espiritu Santo, 600 kilometres away. I gave my all that morning, and I passed.”

“Growing up watching the Premier League, the person with the most presence was Gilberto Silva. He was everywhere in Brazil. His matches were always televised. He was the main figure I was following in the Premier League.”

“It's the feeling of being lifted out of my life into another world that is the thrill of writing fiction.”

“I will not have my face lifted.”

“Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.”