He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy. (on Ronaldinho)

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.

Football is the only sport where you put people together, it doesn't matter if you are rich, or poor, or black, or white. It is one nation. This is the beauty of football.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.

A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit.

Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths.

The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.

It is good to be jealous, if only of yourself. For what you feel you lack, you will show an abundance.

Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.

When you give it a chance, IT will give YOU a chance.

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves.

I tried to get as far away from home as possible after I graduated from high school because I had a hard time being a kid.

The Christian church has left nothing untouched by its depravity; it has turned every value into worthlessness, and every truth into a lie

If we have injured someone, giving him the opportunity to make a joke about us is often enough to provide him personal satisfaction, or even to win his good will.

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

What people should do is explain to their friends, to their neighbors how they feel when they confront the word n - - and why they feel the way they feel.