Ronaldinho Quotes

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.

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.

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 – that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

My heroes were always soccer players.

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.

My only concern is playing. Everything else, my family looks after. In our house, everyone has a job, and my job in our house is to play football.

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

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

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

I remember seeing Eric Cantona play for Manchester United. The way he used to control games was special to watch.

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

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.

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve dreamt about winning the Brazilian league, and I still dream about it now. I am doing everything I possibly can to make my dream come true.

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

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.

For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I’ve had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I’ll never forget either feeling.

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.

I grew up in a house that was always happy, and my family was always music, music. I started playing percussion very young, because I had some uncles who were musicians and all my aunts were singers.

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 am ugly, but what I do have is charm.