Cristiano Ronaldo
21 quotes
Biography
"When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult."
"Without football, my life is worth nothing."
"I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from."
"We don't want to tell our dreams. We want to show them."
"...absolute precision from the Dark Invader...this one is a death-ray hit from Real Madrid's glamour boy..."
"He's six-foot two, brave as a lion, strong as an ox and quick as lightning. If he was good looking, you'd say he has everything."
"The kid makes you sick. He looks the part, he walks the part, he is the part. He's six-foot something, fit as a flea, good-looking - he's got to have something wrong with him....Hopefully he's hung like a hamster! That would make us all feel better!"
"There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me.""
"I don't like being alone."
"There's no point in making predictions. It's not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football. Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future."
"I see football as an art and all players are artists.If you are a top artist, the last thing you would do is paint a picture somebody else has already painted."
"I was ironing my own clothes when I was 11 years old. My mental strength goes back to those days."
"People have to understand one thing: at the age of 18, I arrived at a dream club like Manchester United. It was a dream come true. But, even at that moment, I was thinking about playing in England for some years and then going to play in Spain. Even at that time I was thinking that way, and I always gave 100% everything."
"I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of."
"There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's all part of my success. I am made to be the best."
"At United, there are great traditions, which you can't buy in one or two years. They are created by victories. You need to prove again and again that you are better than the others. Manchester United have always done this, and are still doing it, so they are the best."
"My father always taught me that when you help other people, then God will give you double. And that's what has really happened to me. When I have helped other people who are in need, God has helped me more."
"In football, I don't have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many... Most of the time, I'm alone."
"I'm not going to change the world. You're not going to change the world. But we can help - we can all help."
"I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances."
"I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn't mind it if I didn't."