"The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks."

"If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing."

"I have scored more than 1,000 goals, and I have won three World Cups. But the most important thing is that I have given joy to the people."

"When you are in the field, you forget everything. You just play."

"Don't give every ball to me. We have to play as a team."