It was with a homosexual, I was barely 14 years old. But let's be fair, I wasn't the only one who did it. He was a man in Bauru that all our team visited.

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO.

If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it.

I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.

Over the years I've learnt to live with two persons in my heart. One is Edson, who has fun with his friends and family; the other is the football player Pele. I didn't want the name. 'Pele' sounds like baby-talk in Portuguese.