The ball is an essential part of the game.

If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.

Technique is not being able to juggle a ball 1000 times. Anyone can do that by practicing. Then you can work in the circus. Technique is passing the ball with one touch, with the right speed, at the right foot of your team mate.

After you've won something, you're no longer 100 percent, but 90 percent. It's like a bottle of carbonated water where the cap is removed for a short while. Afterwards there's a little less gas inside.

I can be a new Di Stefano, but I can't be a new Pelé. He is the one that goes beyond the limits of logic.

He deserves ten out of ten for doing what he does. He is a sensation, but still he can improve. He must know when to move the ball on quickly and when to try the impossible mission. When he learns this, he won't win a single Golden Ball, but an entire collection.

There’s only one moment in which you can arrive in time. If you’re not there, you’re either too early or too late.