Quotes from Ronaldo

I was expected to run the same as Roberto Carlos or Cafu, but I just couldn't do it.

I'm very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.

Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.

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.

We lost because we didn't win.

I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.

There are many ways to see football and interpret it.

I can't be a manager, because I think it's too tough managing 30 players thinking in different ways.

All good players are interesting.

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.

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.

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.

When I stopped playing, I gave up exercising and put on some weight.

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.

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.

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.

My best teammate was Roberto Carlos.

My life has always been a series of challenges and I'm psychologically-prepared but this is the biggest challenge of my life.

I never had a problem with technique.

I couldn't have got any fatter; I was running out of clothes.

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.

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.

With his incredible attitude, with his incredible winning mentality, Cristiano Ronaldo is a unique player.

never give up when things are hard