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.
RONALDINHOIf 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.
RONALDINHOPaolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.
RONALDINHOI still have a video of my father, which I watch before every game I play for Brazil. It gives me strength, makes me determined.
RONALDINHOIt is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.
RONALDINHONo matter who you are it’s the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.
RONALDINHOThe toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play – where you can’t see a way through.
RONALDINHOFootball is about joy. It’s about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
RONALDINHOOur confidence comes from our preparation.
RONALDINHOOf course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it’s widely followed in Brazil.
RONALDINHOBrazil 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.
RONALDINHONo one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?
RONALDINHOI 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.
RONALDINHOIt 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.
RONALDINHOI would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.
RONALDINHOWhen I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.
RONALDINHOA 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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