Quotes from Roberto Carlos

There are always more trophies to win in football.

There is a magical feeling when the Champions League music sounds at the beginning of each game, it is the biggest club competition and is the trophy that every player wants to have.

For me, David Beckham will always be a legend... everything David represents for soccer, as an example to children, is reserved for very few people.

My philosophy has always been to try to solve problems with a smile on my face.

Whenever I'm asked about Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, I always answer: 'Neymar is the best,' not just because of his goals but because of the ease with which he plays.

Messi is phenomental but in my opinion, Cristiano is a special player because he does everything for Madrid.

Messi is incredible and his history in football is marvellous.

Roy Hodgson destroyed me. He made me play in the centre of midfield.

My goal one day is to be Brazil coach, but to get there I need to have a club career. I started well in Turkey. I started well in Russia and I did a good job in India.

When I was coaching in Turkey, my players played well.

The longer you stay in Madrid, the more you realise what this club means to people - not just in the city but also elsewhere in Spain and around the world. No matter where we played, we'd see our fans. No matter whether we played a Clasico or a small cup game, the Bernabeu would be full.

Some people don't understand that football is universal. It doesn't have a race or nationality. It's one group of people.

Everyone wants to have fun playing football. A person goes to the stadium to have fun.

It was a coach called Adailton Ladeira who first asked me to play as left-back in 1988. I was a left-winger, but our left-back was injured at Uniao Sao Joao, my first club, and he asked me to fill in. I said 'no problem,' and I've played there ever since.

My objective is to coach the national team.

It's quite confusing and odd when a footballer, instead of playing, is interested in bringing in players who are his friends.

Cafu was a leader on and off the pitch and it was he who invented the concept of right-backs running from corner to corner.

When you go to a club you have to adapt to the club, the country, food, but not Neymar.

When you play for a club like Madrid, you always have to stay in the present, because everything is so intense: the sprints, the headers, the tackles, the training sessions, the away trips, the hotels. The victories and the defeats.

Zidane is a leader in the dressing room. His personality is going to make him very successful.

I don't have enemies.

I honestly can't tell you that this or that has been the best, my entire career has been great.

I came close to joining Villa early on in my career but nothing happened. I met with them and also with people from Birmingham but nothing materialised.

Dybala is an excellent player.