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“I want my players to go win and don't play bad football.”
“Neymar and Balotelli have the same problem. They spend too much time on their activities off the pitch.”
“When I was a kid, my big hero was the number 10 of Flamengo and not the number 10 of Santos. His name was Dida. We didn't have much knowledge about the championship in Sao Paolo or in the south of Brazil. We just knew about the championship in Rio because I am from there. But Pele played for the national team and was a hero.”
“For me dialogue is as essential in football as in life. I like to talk to my players and I never impose anything, I always give them the chance to make their own choices.”
“I am a Brazilian and only support our team.”
“I liked it when people relied on me... because then I knew I had something different to offer.”
“In Japan, when I went there, there was no professionalism at all. But the biggest advantage was that everyone was united and wanted to progress from amateur football to professional.”
“Maradona is among the best five players I've ever seen: Garrincha, Pele, Diego, Cruijff and Beckenbauer.”
“I hope that all the Indian football players who will be with me under my coaching will show their talent and come out with great success.”
“I've always done everything with love and dedication, thinking of the best for the club and the fans.”
“I believe that soccer can be an example of understanding and peace between countries and between peoples.”
“Everything you can imagine from a player, Pele has done it.”
“I've always seen football as a game. You lose or win.”
“The history of Brazil goes from Pele to Garrincha, Didi, Tostao, Gerson, then to all of us who followed them.”
“Difficulty is when you go to a place where the people don't like you, they put a burden on you like what happened to me in Olympiakos.”
“I've learned that showing your emotions can work against you and that you need to have a business-like attitude to observe things with a cool head.”
“In Brazil, U.S., Japan and some other countries, there are many sports being played and I hope that will be the case in India as well. Sports is good for the country.”
“Arsene Wenger's mentality has been to bring together footballers who bring happiness in our sport, the type of players I like to watch. I've followed him since he was in Japan, and he always was a guardian of the art of football - football with happiness and football played well.”
“I respect the rules of the game.”
“Everyone has the right to make mistakes.”