"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…"

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

"I was with all the kids and I said, 'Why are you crying?' My father said, 'Brazil lost the World Cup.' Then I made a joke and told him, 'Don't cry, I'm going to win a World Cup for you.'"

"I am a simple man. I love my family, I love my country, and I love football."

"Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever."