I treat everybody the same. You know I love to be with people: the youngsters.

When you control the ball you control the score

I love people. I wanted to be with the people. I wanted to give something back what I get from football, because God gave everything to me.

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.

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.

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.

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