Quotes from Kaka

It's incredible to win an individual award in a team sport and also one where everybody wants to be able to say, 'I'm the best.'

In football, there are good and bad times, but if you are a great side, you can be confident of winning trophies again.

Each goal I score is exciting.

My feelings in regards to the national team are simple: If the manager thinks I can be of use, I will be ready for the call.

Jose Mourinho was a difficult coach for me, and we had a respectful but complicated relationship. When I thought he would give me a chance, I couldn't prove to him that I was in good shape.

I have good memories of Real Madrid. Professionally, it was a difficult period, but my experience there was very good in all senses, as I grew a lot, learned many things, and lived with great champions.

For a player it's an amazing experience to be at Real Madrid. I matured a lot there, principally as a person.

In 2009, I accepted the proposal of Real Madrid, but I was completely destroyed there because I could not give what I had given Milan. I was completely lost.

Every time I hear the fans, it's exciting. It gives me a great feeling because I know it comes from their heart.

My time at Real Madrid wasn't a failure. I played 120 matches, I scored 28 goals, and I played an average of 30 games a season. What's more, I won three trophies: La Liga, a Copa del Rey, and a Supercopa de Espana.

In Italy, the coaches are very attentive to the details. They really study things, and that is a big difference here. They look at your movement, your positioning. They study you and work out how to stop you.

One always wants more when things work out.

In my time at Milan, the club played with a 4-3-1-2 formation, and I was the player behind the two strikers. At Real, I play behind three. There is a greater defensive obligation, but I try to work around the area.

Even Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won two Ballons d'Or with Real Madrid, receives whistles from the Bernabeu.

The World Cup is a competition in which everything needs to work to your advantage. Players need to be fit, decisions have to go in your favour, and details such as a red card can cost a team dearly.

A World Cup without Argentina isn't good.

Every player would love to play a tournament like the World Cup at home.

In a year without the World Cup, the national leagues and the Champions League have much more weight.

I am not a great artist like Maradona was with regards to on-the-field matters.

Coutinho is a humble guy.

It's important for me to keep improving.

I broke my sixth vertebrae.

My family, and my belief in God and Jesus, are the things which determine my life.

Even though I am playing against others, and it is important to get there and win, I believe that Jesus is much more important than all of that.