A biography for Roberto Baggiohasn’t been written yet.
“Forwards make the most visible moves as they score goals.”
“I needed something deeper than the Catholic faith, and Buddha helps me control myself.”
“I like to play with my back to the goal, but my colleagues have to tell me when I'm alone or how much room I have so I can choose to pass or to go straight for the goal.”
“It seems that I am destined always to be on trial.”
“I don't even realize sometimes I am spending hours and hours on the field, because it is something I decide to do, not something someone else demands of me.”
“I love New York.”
“Don't ask me to cut my ponytail.”
“I am neither a rabbit nor a savior. I am simply Roberto Baggio.”
“I believe to have shown that, at times, the impossible can become possible. It all depends on how much each and every one of us believes in our dreams, in our strength, and in our determination.”
“When I adopted Buddhism, my master taught me not to be so rigid.”
“In Spain, playing beautifully is what counts, even if you lose.”
“Only those who have the courage to take a penalty miss them.”
“I have a very strong connection with my master, Daisaku Ikeda. I know his principles, I know his values, and I stick to them - that is the most important thing to me.”
“In Buddhism, you have to believe in yourself. You don't believe something external guides your life. You do it yourself.”
“As a professional player, I consider my career closed, but I don't want to exclude the possibility in the future that I may return, but not as a player.”
“Football, for me, is an infinite passion that will always be around.”
“When I was a boy, it was paradise to go hunting with my father.”
“When you are training, you are doing what you want to do.”
“I am a born hunter, like my father, my grandfather, and every man of my family before them.”
“It's no fun being on the bench.”