Zico

“India has a population of over 1 billion people. There is place for all sports and for sure there is space for football.”

“I have always said that to manage Brazil I would have to be managing in Brazil first.”

“It's bad when there are internal problems at the club - when people have doubts about you internally.”

“It is always good to keep learning. Every day things change and we should recycle ourselves every day.”

“When I can, I always like coming to Italy to have some nice wine.”

“Being a soccer coach is just like being a general who has the responsibility of guiding his troops into battle. If a coach acts too emotionally on the bench, his players cannot focus on their game on the field.”

“Sometimes you decide games, but you can't decide a competition. So, Messi's merit is not undone because he hasn't won a World Cup.”

“Football is a collective sport and many times it doesn't depend on you playing well. It depends if the team is playing well.”

“I don't know why everyone refers to me as White Pele. I don't like it.”

“Football never surpises me.”

“Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi never ever stop playing for the team. If I were young today, they are players on which I would mirror myself. Players of this level, play for the team. Players that are the best because they prepared themselves to bet You don't see these players going out, on social media, skipping training to be in parties.”

“If you want to try new challenges you have to adapt.”

“The ISL brought together many football cultures such as Italians, Dutch, French, English and Spanish. There were no Brazilians! I brought something from Brazil, a team of professionals that changed something.”

“When I went to Japan, I was with Kashima Antlers. Very good results were produced with that team as I aimed to develop Japanese football.”

“I was born close to soccer, and I've been living and working in soccer since I was small.”

“I am thankful to Fenerbahce for the opportunity that they gave me and I believe that I repaid their faith with good work on the pitch.”

“Football is a collective game, not an individual game.”

“In my days, players were only thinking about publicity during holiday and on rest days.”

“With respect to Qatar as a country that wants to grow, you can't have a World Cup in a country that doesn't have football.”

“I remember Arsene Wenger very well from our time in Japan. I like the way his teams play, with an offensive mentality - it is a philosophy I share. I think he gets the best out of the players he has, and this is the key to his success.”