My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian.
I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.
My connection with Brazil is so abstract. My blood and my way of thinking is Brazilian, but that's it. I don't tend to go back to the past, and although I have an apartment there, I rarely visit. When I move, I really move.
My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
I represent Brazil with the flag and the belt.
My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
Brazil is where I have to be, where I have my roots.
I connect with my culture through my family. I speak Portuguese to my parents so that I can practice. I stay engaged with my extended family through a lively group chat on WhatsApp. That sense of community and family is the heart of Brazilian culture, and staying engaged with my family is what keeps me connected.
I'm a Brazilian - full blood, parents born and raised, and I lived there for a little bit - but I didn't grow up there.
I am Brazilian, and that is not going to change, but I want to win the World Cup with Spain.
Manaus has got nothing in relation to Brazilian football history.
Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it.
I've got a lot of respect for Brazil.
I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
We are the true Brazil.
I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. I'm a full-blooded Brazilian, with an entire extended family of Brazilians, but I was born and raised in the U.S.
My mum is Brazilian and very proud. I'd love to do a Brazilian film. I've been brought up in the Brazilian culture. My mum brought me up on my own, I cook Brazilian food, I've never spoken a word of English to my mother.
I have this internal cultural struggle where there's a side of me that is very Brazilian that misses the food and culture, and a side of me that's very American that really loves the structure and predictability here.
