Quotes by Ronaldo

I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.

I never had a problem with technique.

I am shocked as to how much importance my weight garners in the world we live in. I don't know why it is so important, to be honest.

There are many ways to see football and interpret it.

Just a tiny bit of effort leaves me exhausted. Sometimes I just go up the stairs to my room, and I feel tired.

When I stopped playing, I gave up exercising and put on some weight.

In Spain, the game's a lot more open. They score a lot more goals. They play football more. Here in Italy, they are much more concerned with tactics and strategy, and sometime we don't play football.

When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.

I can't be a manager, because I think it's too tough managing 30 players thinking in different ways.

I hope to maintain my credibility after I stop playing.

I love Messi with the ball at his feet: he scores goals and does all the rest, too. But Cristiano's numbers can't be ignored. It's a cruel comparison. Both of them deserve respect.

Teams are a collective expression.

To go to a World Cup is a dream come true, and I can claim to have experienced that four times.

The best team I played in was the Brazilian one in 2002; we felt that we could always score. It was a team without any vanity -- or individuals.

Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.

The national team is part of my life. I have an incredible history, of many conquests and also many defeats. But to play for Brazil, I have to have a club and play well. I'm not going to be picked on my past or because of my sponsor, as many have said.

I'm only a little interested in politics. But I'm always on top of the news, both in Brazil and abroad.

I think all great players set a target for themselves in their careers. Mine was to win a world title with Brazil, which I did twice.

I'm very uncomfortable, mainly with my belly.

Barcelona has always had issues with Brazilian players: Neymar, Romario, Ronaldinho, and me. We were all treated badly by the club in the end, despite all our contributions and dedication.

I am much more grateful and linked to Real Madrid than to Barcelona.

I trained really badly during the first 10 years of my sporting career.

I assure you that you will find me as a lover of Castilla-Leon, Valladolid, and Real Valladolid.

I'm very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.

To associate my name with the United Nations is the best thing that could have happened to me.

I've learned a lot in life, travelling, living abroad, just in the school of life.

Paolo Maldini. He was tough, tough, every time we played against each other. And I played against him many times. He's a very good friend.

With his incredible attitude, with his incredible winning mentality, Cristiano Ronaldo is a unique player.

Zico was my idol. He was a very good player from Flamengo, and I was a Flamengo supporter from Rio de Janeiro. I was always looking for him and saying I want to be like him. He's my big hero.

I couldn't have got any fatter; I was running out of clothes.

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers is a team with history, tradition.

To play a soccer game, you have to be in very good shape.

I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.

I feel less energetic; I get pains. My quality of life has deteriorated, and it takes me longer to recover from any form of physical activity.

At Real Madrid, there will always be people who score goals. They are a team and not a single player, no matter how much one appears more than another.

It'd be best if Cristiano Ronaldo retired at Real Madrid and then worked at the club.

I have spent more nights with Roberto Carlos than all of the women I have been married to put together.

I was expected to run the same as Roberto Carlos or Cafu, but I just couldn't do it.

My best teammate was Roberto Carlos.

Criticism is nonsense. TV shows and newspapers just want to fill the space.

When people repeatedly hit me, I would feel a sense of unfairness.

I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not.

I'm ready to help China realize its football dream. I think China can be a major player on the world stage one day.

Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.

I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my specialty, that's what I've been brought here to do, and I want to score plenty ; like I did with Barcelona. And here, there's every reason to think I can do it.