Top 60 Rivaldo Quotes

I take part in every training session, morning and afternoon, to make sure I’m fit enough.

If Neymar doesn’t leave PSG, he will never win anything important. Especially the Champions League, which is the most important competition.

I’m a quiet, shy person and not someone who likes the limelight.

I don’t want to rely on what people say about me to feel good; playing’s what I really enjoy.

As far as Sao Paulo are concerned, I’ve never played for a club as well-structured as this.

I don’t have many dreams to fulfil because I’ve won almost everything, but I was born a winner and want to achieve things with Olympiakos.

I advise everyone with plans to visit Brazil for the Olympics in Rio – to stay home. You’ll be putting your life at risk here. This is without even speaking about the state of public hospitals and all the Brazilian political mess.

Louis Van Gaal is a great coach. He has inspired a lot of players to give their best, shown them how to play.

If I could choose anywhere in Brazil, the club I’d play for is Palmeiras.

If Milan agrees to let me go, and if there’s an agreement between the clubs, I would love to play for Madrid.

There was an offer from Tottenham when I was leaving Spain to go to Milan, and at the time, I chose to go to Milan because of their history and tradition in the world of football.

Everyone here at Milan knows that my physical fitness is among the best in the squad; I always stand out in the tests.

Sometimes, a player and a coach can have a different opinion. In the end, the best interest of the end, the best interest of the club has to be kept in mind.

Winning the Olympic gold was amazing.

I would like to play with Messi; it would be amazing. He is the best of the world, the one who makes more differences.

I’m proud to have played 14 matches at the World Cup with the number ten shirt and to have scored eight goals.

Neymar is the most important player in our national team. His absence is felt when he doesn’t play. Same holds true for Barcelona. Such is his impact.

I have already told Neymar he could be the best player in the world, but I think that if he stays at PSG, he will never achieve that.

I am not ashamed to say I will speak up to defend myself.

Coutinho is a great player, and I am sure he will stay at Barca for a long time.

Ronaldo? He is the most dangerous player at Real. It is hard to stop him, like Messi, because both score a lot of goals, and you never know what is going to be the next thing they will invent for scoring.

I’m not a machine. I don’t see why people demand more of me than of other players.

Me, if I’m in a long-distance race, I have speed. In the sprint, I don’t have so much speed.

Ronaldo is a top player, not only for his goals but also for his personality, as he hates to lose.

I am evangelical and believe much in God.

Everything is harder when you are a Nordestino. You have to work harder than anybody else because people will be judging you with much less mercy than the other players.

I have decided that I want one or two seasons in England before the end of my career, and I want it to be at Liverpool.

I’m very fond of Olympiakos, and I would be delighted to end my career in Piraeus.

Things tend to get easier for Barcelona with Lionel Messi on the pitch.

Paul Pogba is a very good player.

In Brazil, you know that only first place counts; in other countries, you might celebrate coming second, third, or fourth, but not in Brazil.

It’s a bad feeling, losing a World Cup.

When you get onto the ball, people think three or four times before deciding whether to try and tackle you. Your opponents respect you, and your markers give you a couple of metres of space.

It’s impossible to describe Messi. I like him so much, and I always say I feel so sad because he never won the World Cup with Argentina. It is an award he deserves because a world-class player like him must be a world champion.

I will be busy playing, getting in shape, and learning English, and being in a smaller town will help me do that. And I want the challenge of trying to get Bolton into Europe for the first time in their history.

When I came to Spain, people thought I would fly home again after the holidays, stay up all night celebrating, and would have no discipline. That may be true of other players, but it’s not my way.

I don’t want to leave Barcelona. I’m very happy here, and I want to stay on.

I don’t think about being a goalscorer. Basically, it doesn’t interest me. It’s nice to score, of course, but I don’t go round thinking about this.

When Brazil lose, someone has to be guilty, and it’s always Rivaldo. It’s different with Romario. He plays in Brazil, and they love him more. I’m treated like a foreign player.

I’ve played lots of games carrying an injury, but people don’t value what I do for Barcelona.

It’s in the knockout games that you discover who the great players really are.

The number 10 player is the star of the team, and you have more responsibility.

Football is a game, and people have to be cunning.

I will never forget the hunger I used to feel.

Playing in Barca is impressive: they’re in the Champions League; everyone talks about this team. You will not find another club like it in the world.

Of course I’m not superhuman: I’m going to get tired; that’s normal.

The pressure in Brazil is a little complicated, a little menacing.

I do not want anyone in Bolton to think that, if I play there, I am doing it for the wrong reasons.

A man without a family has nothing from life. I need my family in order to enjoy life when things are going well. And when things are not going well, they give me support.

With persistence, dedication, and especially with the hand of God, I came to be recognized as the best player in the world, world champion, among many other important titles in the history of football.

Sometimes you’ll get a player who’s marking you tightly, and he’ll even apologise and say, ‘My coach told me to stick close to you and mark you. I know you’re a great player.’ But I tell him it’s fine and to do what he has to do.

Neymar will not return to Barcelona. It was a very difficult situation for him there.

Neymar will leave Barca fans speechless. He could become an even better player than he was during the Confederations Cup with Brazil. He’ll easily adapt to the style of the team and will be very happy there.

I know nothing about meetings between clubs, and I don’t want to know anything about them.

I don’t like Van Gaal, and I am sure he doesn’t like me, either.

I know Tottenham are not among the biggest clubs in England, but they are considered a very good club to play for, a nice place to play.

I mean no offence, but we know that the French league is not the same as the Spanish or English league, where there’s more difficulty.

Zidane is a very great player, a very calm player.

World Cup is the most important title I have won. There is no doubt about that.

Barcelona is one of the best teams in the world. When you play in a team like this, you have more chance to show your performance.