Thiago Silva Quotes

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

I came to the States when I was ten, and that was, in many ways, very hard.

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

It's been a bit of a struggle getting used to life in the States, adapting to a new lifestyle.

It is not always easy to change country.

The first season in a new country like England is very difficult.

My first year in Munich was definitely not easy.

Life in England was a bit difficult. It is not easy for a South American. Some people get on fine, and for others, it is harder to adapt.

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

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

I did take a huge leap moving countries. People have no idea how huge it is to relocate overseas. Finding your new life alone is enormous, and then starting a new career in Hollywood is so big.

The most difficult and, in some ways, the most rewarding thing I've ever been through was emigrating as a teenager.

People don't know what it's like being the foreigner until they are one.

It's difficult to adapt to Barcelona.

I moved cities when I was 17, and I moved countries when I was 20. Every time, I put football at the forefront and, if you do that, you don't have such a hard time settling in.

Moving to India was challenging being a foreigner. I don't have any family here. I didn't have anyone to guide me. But I never felt for a second that I am not welcome here.

Moving to France is not the hard part. Living here is more difficult. Of course there are many benefits but it's not always easy especially if you don't speak the language.

Coming to Germany is not easy. People might think it's easy because I'm doing so well, but it's not at all.

Everything has changed since I came to China.

I've had tough times before. Leaving Brazil when I was so young, saying goodbye to my family and friends to go to another culture, that was so difficult.

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

I am starting to like L.A., but the concept of a place you have to get used to so much seems a little weird to me. I have been to many foreign cities where I didn't have to acclimatize as much as I did to L.A.

Everyone who's in America spends the first few years not experiencing it. The person is frightened by the newness of the place and doesn't see things. Her emotional universe becomes the entire universe. And then when she thinks of home, her distance in space can seem like a distance in time.

I came from a traditional family, and it was an exciting but challenging transition to move to America and live on my own. The world around me was suddenly so different.

Moving to a new country is always difficult, but the fact my dad and my sister came to live with me was a huge help. That made things easier.