1. “It doesnt change much for me really and my motivation remains the same – to create a beautiful future with Barcelona, winning many titles.” – Ronaldinho
2. “The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play – where you can’t see a way through.” – Ronaldinho
3. “Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it’s widely followed in Brazil.” – Ronaldinho
4. “I feel very privileged to be asked to be featured in another FIFA Soccer release, … The game gives me the opportunity to play the matches I want to play every day of the week — even while away from the field.” – Ronaldinho
5. “I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn’t been a footballer, I would have been a musician.” – Ronaldinho
6. “If you’re playing for five hours you don’t want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.” – Ronaldinho
7. “I was at Barcelona for many years where I won a lot of things and achieved a lot of dreams. For these reasons it holds a special place in my life.” – Ronaldinho
8. “I still have a video of my father, which I watch before every game I play for Brazil. It gives me strength, makes me determined.” – Ronaldinho
9. “I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.” – Ronaldinho
10. “I am passionate about music – and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn’t true.” – Ronaldinho
11. “Our confidence comes from our preparation.” – Ronaldinho
12. “My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 – that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.” – Ronaldinho
13. “No matter who you are it’s the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.” – Ronaldinho
14. “I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.” – Ronaldinho
15. “It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.” – Ronaldinho
16. “Even from when Lionel Messi was very young I could see that he was a great player. A lot of people spoke about him, and then when I saw him myself for the first time I could see the amazing quality that he had. I didn’t teach him anything – he had enough quality himself.” – Ronaldinho
17. “No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?” – Ronaldinho
18. “I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that’s playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time.” – Ronaldinho
19. “I think each player has an individual style. Each is concerned with giving the best to his team, and I think my best talent is dribbling and setting up goal situations, giving an assist or deceiving one of the other team’s players.” – Ronaldinho
20. “I am ugly, but what I do have is charm.” – Ronaldinho
21. “Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.” – Ronaldinho
22. “I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister… because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.” – Ronaldinho
23. “Football is about joy. It’s about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.” – Ronaldinho
24. “My heroes were always soccer players.” – Ronaldinho
25. “Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself.” – Ronaldinho
26. “Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win – so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You can’t understand what the World Cup means to our country.” – Ronaldinho
27. “I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.” – Ronaldinho
28. “When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.” – Ronaldinho
29. “A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It’s played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player’s control.” – Ronaldinho
30. “God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.” – Ronaldinho
31. “My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.” – Ronaldinho