Fabinho Quotes

You never know for sure whether a player will adapt to a new country until he gets there.

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years.

I know that if I have come to Britain, I must adapt, and I will try to.

I'm always a big advocate for adapting to your new team, your new country and your new team-mates.

Sure, it was difficult when I first came, but I am very happy to be here, in England.

Everything has changed since I came to China.

There are rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but we're so happy in America I actually can't see us ever leaving... People ask me how long it took to adapt. Twenty minutes.

My life changed incredibly when I moved from Holland to England.

As an immigrant, I learned by watching other people.

The first few months in a new country are always really hard.

I've gotten used to being a foreigner.

It's not easy for a foreigner to come to England and win the respect of your team-mates, of the fans, and of the English people.

It was tough moving to Italy so young. You don't have much experience of life, you are leaving your family and everything behind to go to another country and another culture.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

I was born in Costa Rica and we moved to America where it was a whole new world for me.

Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to master it.

I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.

I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place.

In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way.

Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture.

We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in.

It's not a lighthearted decision to change your language, your country, your citizenship, and come to a world where you don't know anybody, to leave a place where you've had opportunities to build friendships from childhood. That's quite a big decision to make.

When I came to America, I had some surprises at first, but I could soon adjust.

I think I have improved a lot since I arrived in England.