"The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game."

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"My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil."

Arto Lindsay, American Musician

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"Soon after I was born, my parents moved to the South Florida area, and I've lived here ever since (with a few years of living in both Portugal and Brazil in my younger days)."

Joe Tex, American Musician

Brazil, Living, Parents, Years

"Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

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"Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves."

John Motson, British Celebrity

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"I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato."

Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian Model

Brazil, Kids, Want

"Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well."

Nelly Furtado, Canadian Musician

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"The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game."

Michel Patini, French Footballer

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"I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were other good players around but I think I was the best at that time."

Time

"For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time."

Time

"At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home."

History

"I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals."

Goal

"The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past."

France

"During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus."

Experience

"Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals."

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"My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil."

"Soon after I was born, my parents moved to the South Florida area, and I've lived here ever since (with a few years of living in both Portugal and Brazil in my younger days)."

"Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves."

"Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves."

"I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato."

"Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well."

"The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game."

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"I gave everything in my career so I have no regrets at all."

"Some games you win, some you lose, and some you draw."

"For me, football is just a game, not a drama."

"I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were other good players around but I think I was the best at that time."

"For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time."

"At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home."

"I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals."

"The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past."

"During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus."

"Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals."