No individual can win a game by himself.

I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player

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

I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.

When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult.

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

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