Ronaldinho Best Quotes & Sayings

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

When I was 7, I started playing with a club. The only grass on the field was in the corner. There was no grass in the middle! It was just sand. — Ronaldinho

No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth? — Ronaldinho

My heroes were always soccer players. — Ronaldinho

I have now played with both him (Cristiano Ronaldo) and Ronaldinho. And Ronaldo is top in Europe at the moment.
Both of them in the same team would be like a bomb. It would be an incredible spectacle for the people.
What's more, I am totally convinced the two are able to play in the same side. — Henrik Larsson

Football is a great love because I was born into a family of players and therefore born into football. I'm fortunate to have a style of play that a lot of people like. It's a privilege to be able to do what I like best and in my own way, but I'm fortunate that people like it, and that motivates me even more. — Ronaldinho

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. — Ronaldinho

I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar. — Ronaldinho

I am ugly, but what I do have is charm. — Ronaldinho

Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field. — Ronaldinho

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. — Ronaldinho

For skills and tricks, Ronaldinho was the best player I've played with. — Edgar Davids

Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs. — Simon Jordan

It doesnt change much for me really and my motivation remains the same - to create a beautiful future with Barcelona, winning many titles. — Ronaldinho

People always talk about Ronaldinho, and everything but I didnt see him today - I saw Henrik Larsson. Two times he came on - he changed the game, that is what killed the game - sometimes you talk about Ronaldinho and Etoo and people like that, you need to talk about the proper footballer who made the difference and that was Henrik Larsson tonight — Thierry Henry

No one can compare to Ronaldinho. I remember his plays, his dribbles. I remember him winning every title at the Camp Nou. He made history at Barca, he made history with Brazil and he's still making history. — Neymar

It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch — Ronaldinho

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. — Ronaldinho

Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself. — Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho is total class - a very, very great player. He is quick, powerful, and has extraordinary technical qualities. He is a dribbler but is also a player who can make the play for his teammates. He's not really a No.10, a true organizer. He's more a second attacker who can score goals and has the vision to make them. — Zinedine Zidane

I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time. — Ronaldinho

I think each player has an individual style. Each is concerned with giving the best to his team, and I think my best talent is dribbling and setting up goal situations, giving an assist or deceiving one of the other team's players. — Ronaldinho

Our confidence comes from our preparation. — Ronaldinho

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

Ronaldo was my hero. I loved watching players like Zidane, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo, but Ronaldo was the best striker I've ever seen. He was so fast he could score from nothing and could shoot the ball better than anyone I've ever seen. — Lionel Messi

Messi I think is like me, he is the best in the world along with Ronaldinho. — Diego Maradona

The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he's the best and we wouldn't swap him for anyone. — Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho was virtually unstoppable at his best, as a forward or a playmaker. — Sergio Ramos

Nowadays, Messi is better than Ronaldinho. He is the best footballer in the world right now. And I'm not the only who says so. Everyone who has seen him play says so too. — Sergio Aguero

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through. — Ronaldinho

He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy.
(on Ronaldinho) — Pele

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. — Ronaldinho

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

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. — Ronaldinho

I still have a video of my father, which I watch before every game I play for Brazil. It gives me strength, makes me determined. — Ronaldinho

AGATHA, an old Labradoodle ATHENA, a brown teacup Poodle ATTICUS, an imposing Neapolitan Mastiff, with cascading jowls BELLA, a Great Dane, Athena's closest pack mate BENJY, a resourceful and conniving Beagle BOBBIE, an unfortunate Duck Toller DOUGIE, a Schnauzer, friend to Benjy FRICK, a Labrador Retriever FRACK, a Labrador Retriever, Frick's litter mate LYDIA, a Whippet and Weimaraner cross, tormented and nervous MAJNOUN, a black Poodle, briefly referred to as 'Lord Jim' or simply 'Jim' MAX, a mutt who detests poetry PRINCE, a mutt who composes poetry, also called Russell or Elvis RONALDINHO, a mutt who deplores the condescension of humans ROSIE, — Andre Alexis

God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it. — Ronaldinho

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. — Ronaldinho

Yes, Ronaldinho is bigger than me. Exactly 4 centimeters. — Pele

Brazil go 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. Not just the fans and players, but everybody in Brazil lets us know that they expect it. Our president, people in politics, all tell us to come back with the World Cup. — Ronaldinho

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. — Ronaldinho

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. — Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho did things that I've never seen anyone do. — Deco

Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it's widely followed in Brazil. — Ronaldinho

No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything. — Ronaldinho

My game is based on improvisation. Often, a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders. — Ronaldinho

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

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet — Ronaldinho

It was lovely to receive the affection from some of the supporters of our biggest rival, ... It doesn't happen to you very often in your career. — Ronaldinho

I am very pleased it has all been resolved. I wanted to stay at the club and they wanted me too, there was never a problem. There were only a few small matters to sort out, — Ronaldinho