Ronaldo Quotes
Brazilian footballer
I trained really badly during the first 10 years of my sporting career.
I'm very uncomfortable, mainly with my belly.
Zico was my idol. He was a very good player from Flamengo, and I was a Flamengo supporter from Rio de Janeiro. I was always looking for him and saying I want to be like him. He's my big hero.
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers is a team with history, tradition.
The two goals in the 2002 final were, for me, the best feeling. It was beautiful.
To play a soccer game, you have to be in very good shape.
With his incredible attitude, with his incredible winning mentality, Cristiano Ronaldo is a unique player.
I had an injury in my leg, and everybody was talking about that. I decided to cut my hair and leave the small thing there. I come to training, and everybody saw me with bad hair. Everybody was talking about the hair and forgot about the injury. I could stay more calm and relaxed and focused on my training.
When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.
I feel less energetic; I get pains. My quality of life has deteriorated, and it takes me longer to recover from any form of physical activity.
I was expected to run the same as Roberto Carlos or Cafu, but I just couldn't do it.
To go to a World Cup is a dream come true, and I can claim to have experienced that four times.
At Real Madrid, there will always be people who score goals. They are a team and not a single player, no matter how much one appears more than another.
I have spent more nights with Roberto Carlos than all of the women I have been married to put together.
I am much more grateful and linked to Real Madrid than to Barcelona.
I love Messi with the ball at his feet: he scores goals and does all the rest, too. But Cristiano's numbers can't be ignored. It's a cruel comparison. Both of them deserve respect.
Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.
I don't think I would have any problem at all playing in England. I'd love it.
I think all great players set a target for themselves in their careers. Mine was to win a world title with Brazil, which I did twice.
I can't be a manager, because I think it's too tough managing 30 players thinking in different ways.
When people repeatedly hit me, I would feel a sense of unfairness.
I am shocked as to how much importance my weight garners in the world we live in. I don't know why it is so important, to be honest.
In Spain, the game's a lot more open. They score a lot more goals. They play football more. Here in Italy, they are much more concerned with tactics and strategy, and sometime we don't play football.
Paolo Maldini. He was tough, tough, every time we played against each other. And I played against him many times. He's a very good friend.
Criticism is nonsense. TV shows and newspapers just want to fill the space.
I was always a simple guy. I was never one for extravagances.
I assure you that you will find me as a lover of Castilla-Leon, Valladolid, and Real Valladolid.
The national team is part of my life. I have an incredible history, of many conquests and also many defeats. But to play for Brazil, I have to have a club and play well. I'm not going to be picked on my past or because of my sponsor, as many have said.
I couldn't have got any fatter; I was running out of clothes.
It'd be best if Cristiano Ronaldo retired at Real Madrid and then worked at the club.
Football is great because you always have another opportunity to change history.
Just a tiny bit of effort leaves me exhausted. Sometimes I just go up the stairs to my room, and I feel tired.
The best team I played in was the Brazilian one in 2002; we felt that we could always score. It was a team without any vanity - or individuals.
When I stopped playing, I gave up exercising and put on some weight.
All good players are interesting.
There are many ways to see football and interpret it.
It's inevitable that you feel scared when you don't have control of a situation.
I never had a problem with technique.
I hope to maintain my credibility after I stop playing.
I'm ready to help China realize its football dream. I think China can be a major player on the world stage one day.
To associate my name with the United Nations is the best thing that could have happened to me.
I'm only a little interested in politics. But I'm always on top of the news, both in Brazil and abroad.
I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.
Teams are a collective expression.
I've learned a lot in life, travelling, living abroad, just in the school of life.
Learning from Martin Sorrell will be perfect. I won't leave him alone, I'll be asking him questions the whole day, just like a striker. He's going to have to tell me everything.
Barcelona has always had issues with Brazilian players: Neymar, Romario, Ronaldinho, and me. We were all treated badly by the club in the end, despite all our contributions and dedication.
I'm very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.
My best teammate was Roberto Carlos.
I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.