For 20 years they have asked me the same question, who is the greatest? Pele or Maradona? I replay that all you have to do is look at the facts - how many goals did he score with his right foot or with his head?

Love is more important than what we can take...Please say with me three times-Love! Love! Love!

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

No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.

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.

Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to kick. They should be taught to caress it and to treat it like a precious gem.

I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.