“You were only a goalkeeper.”

I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, I told them, ‘Come hug me or the referee isn’t going to allow it.’

Even if there was a hand, it was the hand of God.

The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.

People who say that only young people voted on the Internet, those who didn’t see Pele play, forget that children are not orphans. There’s always a father who buys the computer and perhaps influences their vote. I won the people’s vote.

I’ll be too old to face a difficult championship as the one in America will surely be.

To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen – me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team’s victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.

When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.

I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family.

When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.

I am black or white, I’ll never be grey in my life.

My legitimate kids are Dalma and Giannina. The rest are a product of my money and mistakes.

Something that just came out of me. It was a bit of mischief.

When God decides its time, I guess he’ll come for us.

If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.

Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings through many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the lambs, total liberty of the powerful, the gifted, is not compatible with the rights to a decent existence of the weak and the less gifted.

That’s definitely my goal, and always has been through the Universal Zulu Nation, is to show that music breaks down all that foolishness and can bring all types of people together, especially when you can mix it and shape it.

My main goal in life is to be as good of a person my dogs already think I am.

We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.

That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.

What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.

Honestly, being a part of any worthy life story is a goal of mine.