Ronaldinho Quotes

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

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.

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet

Our confidence comes from our preparation.

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.

I am ugly but what I do have is charm.

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

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.

Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.

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.

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.

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

My heroes were always soccer players.

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 would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it's widely followed in Brazil.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.