“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.”

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

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.

You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.

People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.

Let’s learn from the wisdom of every mother and father who teaches their daughters there is no limit on how big she can dream and how much she can achieve.

In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.