“Football is great because you always have another opportunity to change history.”
― Ronaldo
“I’m very uncomfortable, mainly with my belly.”
― Ronaldo
“The Fort Lauderdale Strikers is a team with history, tradition.”
― Ronaldo
“I had an injury in my leg, and everybody was talking about that. I decided to cut my hair and leave the small thing there. I come to training, and everybody saw me with bad hair. Everybody was talking about the hair and forgot about the injury. I could stay more calm and relaxed and focused on my training.”
― Ronaldo
“In Spain, the game’s a lot more open. They score a lot more goals. They play football more. Here in Italy, they are much more concerned with tactics and strategy, and sometime we don’t play football.”
― Ronaldo
“I feel less energetic; I get pains. My quality of life has deteriorated, and it takes me longer to recover from any form of physical activity.”
― Ronaldo
“At Real Madrid, there will always be people who score goals. They are a team and not a single player, no matter how much one appears more than another.”
― Ronaldo
“I’m ready to help China realize its football dream. I think China can be a major player on the world stage one day.”
― Ronaldo
“Zico was my idol. He was a very good player from Flamengo, and I was a Flamengo supporter from Rio de Janeiro. I was always looking for him and saying I want to be like him. He’s my big hero.”
― Ronaldo
“I think all great players set a target for themselves in their careers. Mine was to win a world title with Brazil, which I did twice.”
― Ronaldo
“Paolo Maldini. He was tough, tough, every time we played against each other. And I played against him many times. He’s a very good friend.”
― Ronaldo
“My best teammate was Roberto Carlos.”
― Ronaldo
“The two goals in the 2002 final were, for me, the best feeling. It was beautiful.”
― Ronaldo
“When I stopped playing, I gave up exercising and put on some weight.”
― Ronaldo
“When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.”
― Ronaldo
“I hope to maintain my credibility after I stop playing.”
― Ronaldo
“I’m very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.”
― Ronaldo
“Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.”
― Ronaldo
“I’m only a little interested in politics. But I’m always on top of the news, both in Brazil and abroad.”
― Ronaldo
“I was always a simple guy. I was never one for extravagances.”
― Ronaldo
“To go to a World Cup is a dream come true, and I can claim to have experienced that four times.”
― Ronaldo
“I have spent more nights with Roberto Carlos than all of the women I have been married to put together.”
― Ronaldo
“I trained really badly during the first 10 years of my sporting career.”
― Ronaldo
“I was expected to run the same as Roberto Carlos or Cafu, but I just couldn’t do it.”
― Ronaldo
“With his incredible attitude, with his incredible winning mentality, Cristiano Ronaldo is a unique player.”
― Ronaldo
“I couldn’t have got any fatter; I was running out of clothes.”
― Ronaldo
“The national team is part of my life. I have an incredible history, of many conquests and also many defeats. But to play for Brazil, I have to have a club and play well. I’m not going to be picked on my past or because of my sponsor, as many have said.”
― Ronaldo
“To play a soccer game, you have to be in very good shape.”
― Ronaldo
“I can’t be a manager, because I think it’s too tough managing 30 players thinking in different ways.”
― Ronaldo
“I am shocked as to how much importance my weight garners in the world we live in. I don’t know why it is so important, to be honest.”
― Ronaldo
“I’ve learned a lot in life, travelling, living abroad, just in the school of life.”
― Ronaldo
“Learning from Martin Sorrell will be perfect. I won’t leave him alone, I’ll be asking him questions the whole day, just like a striker. He’s going to have to tell me everything.”
― Ronaldo
“I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.”
― Ronaldo
“I assure you that you will find me as a lover of Castilla-Leon, Valladolid, and Real Valladolid.”
― Ronaldo
“I never had a problem with technique.”
― Ronaldo
“I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.”
― Ronaldo
“It’d be best if Cristiano Ronaldo retired at Real Madrid and then worked at the club.”
― Ronaldo
“All good players are interesting.”
― Ronaldo
“Teams are a collective expression.”
― Ronaldo
“There are many ways to see football and interpret it.”
― Ronaldo
“When people repeatedly hit me, I would feel a sense of unfairness.”
― Ronaldo
“Criticism is nonsense. TV shows and newspapers just want to fill the space.”
― Ronaldo
“I don’t think I would have any problem at all playing in England. I’d love it.”
― Ronaldo
“To associate my name with the United Nations is the best thing that could have happened to me.”
― Ronaldo
“It’s inevitable that you feel scared when you don’t have control of a situation.”
― Ronaldo
“I love Messi with the ball at his feet: he scores goals and does all the rest, too. But Cristiano’s numbers can’t be ignored. It’s a cruel comparison. Both of them deserve respect.”
― Ronaldo
“The best team I played in was the Brazilian one in 2002; we felt that we could always score. It was a team without any vanity – or individuals.”
― Ronaldo
“Just a tiny bit of effort leaves me exhausted. Sometimes I just go up the stairs to my room, and I feel tired.”
― Ronaldo
“I am much more grateful and linked to Real Madrid than to Barcelona.”
― Ronaldo
“Barcelona has always had issues with Brazilian players: Neymar, Romario, Ronaldinho, and me. We were all treated badly by the club in the end, despite all our contributions and dedication.”
― Ronaldo
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