"I always enjoyed training, sweating and learning"

"I've always been a team player, that's all. One for all and all for one."

"People nowadays are obsessed with golden awards, about who is the best — when we know in reality the one with more mo…"

"I always wanted to have the ball for myself; she was my girlfriend."

"Ball is made of leather, leather comes from cows, cows eat grass, and there is where the ball must be."

"Finals are not to be played; they are to be won."

"Failure is a necessary part of success."

"I was a forward, and one of the obligations of a forward is to score goals."

"It has changed a bit, of course. The speed and all that. But let me tell you something: in the olden times, let's say…"

"Do you know how many rules there are in football? … There are 17 rules. That's it. Everyone talks about football and …"