Top 50 Roberto Carlos Quotes

Pep is a modern coach, he’s intelligent, brave, likes football and always has the players on his side. He knows a lot about football, but Mourinho’s success in all countries where he has been confirms him as the best.

There is a magical feeling when the Champions League music sounds at the beginning of each game, it is the biggest club competition and is the trophy that every player wants to have.

You should be relaxed before taking the free kick. You should have confidence in your ability and happiness that you are going to score a goal.

I’ve had a lot of great coaches. I think Guus Hiddink and Vicente del Bosque are the ones closest to my style. I’m more friendly with the players than a ‘formal’ coach. I’m not a professor. I’m Roberto Carlos and I want to win with my players and I want them to help me by doing their job well.

One of the best moments was playing for this small team in Brazil called Uniao Sao Joao – the first match was the best, the most interesting, I loved it.

Gabriel Jesus will be for Neymar what Benzema is for Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid. He has the same focus as Karim.

Plan your free-kick and imagine where you need to hit the ball. Hang a T-shirt under the bar and try to hit it with the ball.

I came close to joining Villa early on in my career but nothing happened. I met with them and also with people from Birmingham but nothing materialised.

The coach of Madrid must be very fond of the players and should not put them under a lot of pressure.

Zidane is a leader in the dressing room. His personality is going to make him very successful.

I honestly can’t tell you that this or that has been the best, my entire career has been great.

When I was playing for Real Madrid, we competed in the UEFA Champions League most of the time and won it three times. When we didn’t win we always ended up in the later rounds.

Hiddink really taught me a lot. We talked every day at Anzhi and I saw how he dealt with difficult situations, how he always seemed to know what the players needed. He was a great teacher. I hope I can be as successful as him.

Cafu was a leader on and off the pitch and it was he who invented the concept of right-backs running from corner to corner.

The best tactics are those which lead you to a win.

I cannot compare myself to Zico, he is a phenomenon of Brazilian football. He has done wonders as player and coach.

Everyone wants to have fun playing football. A person goes to the stadium to have fun.

When one talks about six coaches in four seasons something’s wrong, something bad’s going on.

My goal one day is to be Brazil coach, but to get there I need to have a club career. I started well in Turkey. I started well in Russia and I did a good job in India.

Neymar is a phenomenon. He adapted to European football very quickly.

There are seven days in a week. I take seven free kicks daily.

Messi is phenomental but in my opinion, Cristiano is a special player because he does everything for Madrid.

Dybala is an excellent player.

Ayrton Senna is the Pele of F1 for me. He is the number one for us Brazilians so he left a huge impact on me.

If Messi were Brazilian, he would be a world champion.

Real Madrid are always after the best talent.

My season with Delhi Dynamos was very special.

The last 26 years of my career have all been great.

Footballers are super-intelligent and there is only one football language: to win, to win, to win.

Whenever I’m asked about Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, I always answer: ‘Neymar is the best,’ not just because of his goals but because of the ease with which he plays.

The best I’ve played against is Luis Figo. As for team-mates, it has to be Zinedine Zidane. He made things easier for everybody.

I watch the Premier League every weekend. I think it’s fantastic. One thing you notice is that the teams considered small are capable of surprising the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United and City.

When you go to a club you have to adapt to the club, the country, food, but not Neymar.

In football, there are so many great football players like Eden Hazard, Roberto Lewandowski and Neymar.

I have known Eto’o since I was 16 and since then I always liked him. He is a good person, but he always thinks of himself and not the group.

It’s a shame, racism still exists.

Always when you reach the semi-final you want to reach the final, it does not matter where or whom you are playing against.

The longer you stay in Madrid, the more you realise what this club means to people – not just in the city but also elsewhere in Spain and around the world. No matter where we played, we’d see our fans. No matter whether we played a Clasico or a small cup game, the Bernabeu would be full.

It is always a pride to return to the Bernabeu.

Talking about Cristiano is very easy. He is the best in the world.

I’m a modern coach when it comes to training. I pick a lot of things up and I watch a lot of training sessions and follow a lot of leagues around the world.

When you play for a club like Madrid, you always have to stay in the present, because everything is so intense: the sprints, the headers, the tackles, the training sessions, the away trips, the hotels. The victories and the defeats.

Everything I experienced in the national team was amazing. I was there for 14 years and won several titles: the Copa America, Confederations Cup and the World Cup.

You know what, lots of people are bothered by how I am. They think I’m arrogant! That is the way I am – I’m a very happy man and I love to make people happy.

I don’t have enemies.

Every team needs leaders, but not just one or two.

Obviously when the players are performing well in training, they will have a chance to play.

Until the moment I stop playing football, I want to win more titles.

Zidane is not a coach, but he is a teacher.

It’s quite confusing and odd when a footballer, instead of playing, is interested in bringing in players who are his friends.