Quotes from Zico

I traveled to many countries when I played. But wherever I went, it was a journey between an airport, a hotel, a stadium and a railway station or a bus terminal and I didn't have a chance to experience these places properly.

Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi never ever stop playing for the team. If I were young today, they are players on which I would mirror myself. Players of this level, play for the team. Players that are the best because they prepared themselves to bet You don't see these players going out, on social media, skipping training to be in parties.

Being a soccer coach is just like being a general who has the responsibility of guiding his troops into battle. If a coach acts too emotionally on the bench, his players cannot focus on their game on the field.

I was born close to soccer, and I've been living and working in soccer since I was small.

I believe that soccer can be an example of understanding and peace between countries and between peoples.

I've been through everything in soccer.

Considering Messi's quality and everything he represents, I don't think I've seen him playing with a guy following him around the pitch the entire time with the sole purpose of not letting him play.

Arsene Wenger's mentality has been to bring together footballers who bring happiness in our sport, the type of players I like to watch. I've followed him since he was in Japan, and he always was a guardian of the art of football - football with happiness and football played well.

I think the difference with Japan was that they didn't bring in too many foreign players. In my opinion at the ISL it's not too good to have too many foreigners playing. The minimum of five Indian players is too less in my opinion. Since it's the ISL, we have to encourage more Indian football.

My grandfather is a musician, my son is a musician and a singer. My mother played the piano too.

The ISL brought together many football cultures such as Italians, Dutch, French, English and Spanish. There were no Brazilians! I brought something from Brazil, a team of professionals that changed something.

Ozil is a great player. He's the brain of the German national team.

When I was a kid, my big hero was the number 10 of Flamengo and not the number 10 of Santos. His name was Dida. We didn't have much knowledge about the championship in Sao Paolo or in the south of Brazil. We just knew about the championship in Rio because I am from there. But Pele played for the national team and was a hero.

Maradona has done a lot for his clubs, as Messi does, and for the Argentina national team.

Football is a collective sport and many times it doesn't depend on you playing well. It depends if the team is playing well.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two players that, the way I see it, can have a spot amongst the best of all time.

Everything Maradona did, he did with a guy hanging on his neck during 90 minutes.

I will never give up on football that is played well.

You need to always try to find new challenges.

If you want to try new challenges you have to adapt.

I've learned that showing your emotions can work against you and that you need to have a business-like attitude to observe things with a cool head.

In Brazil, U.S., Japan and some other countries, there are many sports being played and I hope that will be the case in India as well. Sports is good for the country.

I don't think Pele was the ultimate hero for our generation, he is the ultimate hero of every generation of Brazilians.

I remember Arsene Wenger very well from our time in Japan. I like the way his teams play, with an offensive mentality - it is a philosophy I share. I think he gets the best out of the players he has, and this is the key to his success.