If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much because it's the biggest sport in the world.

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

We're not great friends, but I admire him. If he thinks he's the best player of the century, that's his problem.

Always when I come to the field, I try to do my best for other people.

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

When football stars disappear, so do the teams, and that is a very curious phenomenon. It is like in the theatre, in a play, where there is a great star. If the star is not well, the whole cast suffers.

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