"I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world."

"I never had any problems with my height. I was always the smallest kid."

"From the age of three, I played every day-morning, afternoon and night."

"I don't need the best hairstyle or the best body."

"I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment."

"I like to score goals but I also like to have friends among the people I have played with."

"Football has been my life since I was a kid. My style remains the same, I love every single minute I get on the pitch."

"I want to be world champion, but not to change the perception of others towards me... but to add a world cup to my list of titles."

"When I finish playing, doing my work, I have my family, my friends, and I live like any other person."

"I'm always proudest whenever I've been part of a trophy-winning team."

"I never have any desire to play for anybody else, I will be here for as long as they want me."

"Being a bit famous now gives me the opportunity to help people who really need it, especially children."

"Just give me a ball at my feet and I'll show you what I can do."

"It takes sacrifice as well as talent."

"When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, personal records are secondary."