Ronaldinho Quotes

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.

I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn't true.

When I was 7, I started playing with a club. The only grass on the field was in the corner. There was no grass in the middle! It was just sand.

God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.

I remember seeing Eric Cantona play for Manchester United. The way he used to control games was special to watch.

It doesnt change much for me really and my motivation remains the same - to create a beautiful future with Barcelona, winning many titles.

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.

I am ugly, but what I do have is charm.

My heroes were always soccer players.

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet

No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.

No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?

I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.

Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.

I still have a video of my father, which I watch before every game I play for Brazil. It gives me strength, makes me determined.

I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.

It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch

I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.

Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it's widely followed in Brazil.

It was lovely to receive the affection from some of the supporters of our biggest rival, ... It doesn't happen to you very often in your career.

Our confidence comes from our preparation.

My only concern is playing. Everything else, my family looks after. In our house, everyone has a job, and my job in our house is to play football.

Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.