When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.
RONALDINHOI 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.
More Ronaldinho Quotes
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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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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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Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.
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I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.
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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 ugly but what I do have is charm.
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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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I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.
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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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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 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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My heroes were always soccer players.
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I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.
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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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Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.
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