"I am a Brazilian. I am a Catholic. I am a football player."

"I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint."

"I only ask you this question because I talked with Branco and you were a good friend of Careca, of Alemão, because you played together in Naples. And I said, Maradona isn't a good friend of yours, how…"

"I have to pay so much, it was good. But it was a big responsibility because I am a human being and everybody can make a mistake, you know."

"I never thought I would be a legend."