"I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the States, and I travel all over the world"
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The line works because it compresses an entire celebrity operating manual into one breath. Fittipaldi isn’t describing a travel itinerary so much as a network: Brazil as home base, the United States as commercial and cultural hub, “all over the world” as the brand’s natural habitat. The repetition of movement (“come,” “travel”) is the subtextual flex; in a world where relevance can be local and fleeting, constant transit signals endurance and demand.
There’s also a generational note. For a mid-century sports celebrity, globalism isn’t an abstract ideology, it’s lived infrastructure: airlines, racing calendars, sponsor obligations, international media. What sounds like small talk is actually positioning: he belongs to multiple audiences, and he intends to stay legible in all of them.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Fittipaldi, Emerson. (2026, February 18). I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the States, and I travel all over the world. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-based-in-brazil-sao-paulo-but-i-come-very-often-61247/
Chicago Style
Fittipaldi, Emerson. "I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the States, and I travel all over the world." FixQuotes. February 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-based-in-brazil-sao-paulo-but-i-come-very-often-61247/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the States, and I travel all over the world." FixQuotes, 18 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-based-in-brazil-sao-paulo-but-i-come-very-often-61247/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.




