Quotes from Cafu

Everything I have, I owe to Jardim Irene. I want the children to see me there, that I'm giving them attention, so that they can have a good role model.

When you have the ball, you don't have a problem.

Neymar is the best Brazilian out there. He is on another level than the other Brazilians.

I am kind of a cold guy and I don't suffer much because of the past.

I would have loved to play for Liverpool, Manchester United or Chelsea.

Football has given me a lot of great opportunities, so now I am trying to put that to good use. I have a foundation in Brazil that supports 750 children, and am hoping to do something similar in the Middle East with a soccer academy.

Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen form one of the best attacking duos in football, both are very quick and deadly.

I have played against the big England players - Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole. I never like to point out somebody because they are all great players with experience.

Each player becomes the best in the world in their own time.

I think Neymar has everything to be the best player on the planet.

What impresses me most is Bastian Schweinsteiger. He is a complete player who has been an enormous help to his team, Bayern.

Leading a group of players who want to win is much easier than leading a group that doubt themselves, aren't committed or are divided.

Maybe I will end my career here in Milan, but there is a possibility of going back to Brazil.

I wanted to be the best footballer I could be and also in the best shape possible.

The one team I would not like to play is Roma. I played there for so long and I admire the club and the crowd, so I don't want to play against them.

In 1994, the critics said I was too young, in 1998, that I couldn't cross the ball, and in 2002 that I didn't know how to defend.

The best form of defense is to have the ball.

I hope Milan will become the model to follow for Italian teams - it would mean that we had gone far in the Champions League!

Technically, Neymar is the best player in the world.

Right backs now should be the highest paid players in every team! Strikers just have to score. Midfielders, they pass. Goalkeepers make saves. Full backs have to mark, cover centre backs and midfield, get forward and cross, take shots and provide the link to strikers.

Zinedine Zidane, he was absolutely fantastic.

I am absolutely sure that whoever comes to Brazil will be mesmerized with the country.

For me, winning the Champions League would be an incredible feeling and winning that trophy was one of the reasons I joined Milan.

Thank God Brazilian goalkeepers are now learning to play with their feet, because that was the big problem.