All I know of morality I learned from football.
A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don’t be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit.
No individual can win a game by himself.
A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.
I don’t believe there is such a thing as a ‘born’ soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player.
If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.
I don’t know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It’s a dream.
I’d rather play tennis than go to the dentist. I’d rather play soccer than go to the doctor. I’d rather play Hurk than go to work. Hurk? Hurk? What’s Hurk? I don’t know but it MUST be better than work!
All human history moves towards one great goal.
When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.
The number 7 shirt is an honor and a responsibility. I hope it brings me a lot of luck.
I’m living a dream I never want to wake up from.