Our list of Ronaldinho Quotes
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
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My family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've dreamt about winning the Brazilian league, and I still dream about it now. I am doing everything I possibly can to make my dream come true.
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My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.
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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.
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I remember seeing Eric Cantona play for Manchester United. The way he used to control games was special to watch.
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Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.
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For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I've had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I'll never forget either feeling.
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My heroes were always soccer players.
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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.
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The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.
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I grew up in a house that was always happy, and my family was always music, music. I started playing percussion very young, because I had some uncles who were musicians and all my aunts were singers.
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I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.
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A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It's played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player's control.
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I am ugly, but what I do have is charm.
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I think each player has an individual style. Each is concerned with giving the best to his team, and I think my best talent is dribbling and setting up goal situations, giving an assist or deceiving one of the other team's players.
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Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country.
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Football is a great love because I was born into a family of players and therefore born into football. I'm fortunate to have a style of play that a lot of people like. It's a privilege to be able to do what I like best and in my own way, but I'm fortunate that people like it, and that motivates me even more.
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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.
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Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it's widely followed in Brazil.
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When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.
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Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.
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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.
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My game is based on improvisation. Often, a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.
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I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a musician.
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Brazil go into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil, it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country. Not just the fans and players, but everybody in Brazil lets us know that they expect it. Our president, people in politics, all tell us to come back with the World Cup.
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No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.
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I learned all about life with a ball at my feet
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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.
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Our confidence comes from our preparation.
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It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.
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I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time.
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My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.
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I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.
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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.
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Even from when Lionel Messi was very young I could see that he was a great player. A lot of people spoke about him, and then when I saw him myself for the first time I could see the amazing quality that he had. I didn't teach him anything - he had enough quality himself.
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I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.
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I was at Barcelona for many years where I won a lot of things and achieved a lot of dreams. For these reasons it holds a special place in my life.
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No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?
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Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself.
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I am very pleased it has all been resolved. I wanted to stay at the club and they wanted me too, there was never a problem. There were only a few small matters to sort out.
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It doesnt change much for me really and my motivation remains the same - to create a beautiful future with Barcelona, winning many titles.
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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.
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I feel very privileged to be asked to be featured in another FIFA Soccer release, ... The game gives me the opportunity to play the matches I want to play every day of the week, even while away from the field.
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I had the chance to play for a lot of different teams in the Premier League, but I think all the choices I made were the right ones. I could name a lot - with Gremio, PSG, Barcelona, Milan, Flemengo Mineiro. I was lucky enough to score a few goals, and they were all beautiful.
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The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he's the best and we wouldn't swap him for anyone.
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I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.
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The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play – where you can’t see a way through.
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