Top 55 Cafu Quotes

Technically, Neymar is the best player in the world.

I think Neymar has everything to be the best player on the planet.

All the titles have been memorable. I don’t have one that was more memorable or less memorable. They are all important titles with various teams.

I have a trophy room in my home and at the center is the replica of the World Cup.

When I signed my first contract with Sao Paulo I still wasn’t sure that I was going to have a successful career. Even after you turn professional the competition is so intense, and as I was a bit older than some of the other players, I thought that it would be harder for me.

Saint Petersburg has a fantastic historical atmosphere.

The transition from football to futsal is very difficult, as this is a shorter and faster version. We have no time to think, but I’m trying to adapt the best I can.

I am kind of a cold guy and I don’t suffer much because of the past.

I was born in 1970. In 2002, I became a world champion. I was captain. I had the honor of receiving the World Cup Trophy from no less than whom? Pele! Man! If I say any more I’ll cry. It’s really emotional!

I wanted to be the best footballer I could be and also in the best shape possible.

Being a world champion is out of the ordinary.

If African teams can realize the importance of team spirit they will know that they can win a World Cup.

In 1994, the critics said I was too young, in 1998, that I couldn’t cross the ball, and in 2002 that I didn’t know how to defend.

Ronaldinho is a phenomenon, and so is Cafu! I am twice World champion and led Brazil to a World Cup triumph in 2002.

I hope Milan will become the model to follow for Italian teams – it would mean that we had gone far in the Champions League!

I have changed quite a lot since I came to Milan and I think I have become a more all-round footballer.

Azzam is an amazing yacht. I was hoping for more wind to really see what she could do but I enjoyed the racing tremendously.

Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen form one of the best attacking duos in football, both are very quick and deadly.

I would have loved to play for Liverpool, Manchester United or Chelsea.

South Africa and Brazil are very similar. We have the same social problems, same issues and same growing economies.

Ozil is fantastic. One of the best in the world. Not only a great player but a great human being.

I have played against the big England players – Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole. I never like to point out somebody because they are all great players with experience.

You know I played till I was 38 and that at a very, very high level. It’s sad to be out but I keep myself fit with training in the gym every day.

I am a big fan of Frank Lampard – his movement is so elegant.

Each player becomes the best in the world in their own time.

Ronaldinho is very complete. He’s a good header of the ball, he strikes it well with both feet, he dribbles, he scores.

The one team I would not like to play is Roma. I played there for so long and I admire the club and the crowd, so I don’t want to play against them.

I’m the only player in history to have played in three consecutive World Cup finals.

African soccer has grown to the extent that the majority of its players are playing for European teams and that is very good as they are becoming role models for the youngsters on the continent.

Firmino is a great player. He can play either side and has powerful contact with the ball in any position.

When you have the ball, you don’t have a problem.

The FIFA Confederations Cup is a major event, and a success in this tournament can make a team stronger.

Of all the players at the World Cup I don’t think it is too much to compare Ronaldinho with the great Pele.

Zinedine Zidane, he was absolutely fantastic.

With Neymar on the pitch, whether he wants it or not, eight opponents will stay connected to him.

What impresses me most is Bastian Schweinsteiger. He is a complete player who has been an enormous help to his team, Bayern.

My stamina was my strength.

I am absolutely sure that whoever comes to Brazil will be mesmerized with the country.

It’s been hard for me since the beginning. I have to overcome obstacles every day.

The best form of defense is to have the ball.

After I signed pro forms in 1991, I went on to be chosen for a Paulista state championship select XI, then for Brazil at youth level, then for the full squad, and then finally I became a World Cup winner.

I had a great time at Roma, but Milan have made me feel like a young boy again. When I signed for them I was as excited as I was when I signed my first ever contract.

I really love football and for this reason alone, I trained hard every day, building up good stamina and energy.

It’s impossible to put into words. When you see that trophy coming towards you in the hands of the officials… the gold becomes more gold, becomes more shiny than you ever thought. You feel the best in the world. I have no other way to put it into words.

It would have been great to play in England.

I was rejected a lot in the early days – I think I heard the word ‘no’ nine times – and I began to think that maybe I wasn’t going to make it as a professional, let alone play for the national team.

The beginning of a career is hard for many players, often because of the ordinary day-to-day problems that football and life bring.

But I loved playing in midfield. In midfield you always have a sight of goal, you’re always participating in all the plays.

To be the first player in the world to take part in three successive World Cup finals is very important.

In Sao Paulo, I won everything. Milan, I won everything. Roma, I was league champion.

Leading a group of players who want to win is much easier than leading a group that doubt themselves, aren’t committed or are divided.

England are one of the teams that are a traditional power and have won a World Cup before. They are not going there just to play and take part. It is not crazy to think they can go there to win.

I am truly honored to be selected as a Special Olympics Global Ambassador.

No, no, Gary Neville was a fantastic full back. He would genuinely get to the by-line. He played without fear. He was a leader.

Pele was the best of his era, Diego Maradona was the Pele of the Eighties, and Ronaldinho is the Pele of our time.