When I make criticism, it's constructive. It's not right only to focus on the negatives.

When you play against Barcelona and other great teams in the world, you can lose. It happens.

You can not always think about winning everything and forever.

What I always say is that young people need older people to develop their game, grow as people, and understand what Real means.

If a club has the cups it has, you have to think that Real Madrid is always capable of reaching the final and winning it.

You cannot leave the pressure and responsibility on young people in general. Young people must enter a safe and protected environment to be able to pass and fail so, little by little, they can adapt.

My humbleness and the work I do each day speak for me.

To make a difference within the football environment means to make a difference in the world.

I have spent half of my career at Milan.

I am very satisfied with what I've done in my career and with what I managed to do with Botafogo.

My last game, scoring a goal, was incredible.

I wish I could hug all the fans one by one.

Football is part of my life, but it is not all of my life.

I had a great time with Botafogo, and I am sure they will acquit themselves very well in the Libertadores.

Everyone dreams of playing for Madrid, but we all know that it can be life or death.

If you are lucky, you go to a team like Porto to mature. And if things don't go well for you, others take your place.

Madrid is a club with very high demands.

It has been an honour to defend the colours of a historic club like Deportivo.

Having the opportunity to join the FOX family as a soccer analyst in their Moscow studio for what will be my third World Cup is amazing.

Unfortunately, the life of a player is not forever.

Many times, my role was to work as a link between the coaches and the players; it was to be a leader. That was something natural for me.

As a player, I've always been interested in understanding the coaches' minds, in seeing how they made a group function.

I like to take on challenges.

Coaching is not easy.