Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Cafu

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Last updated on September 16, 2024.

Marcos Evangelista de Morais, known as Cafu [kaˈfu] is a Brazilian former professional footballer. With 142 appearances for the Brazil national team, he is the most internationally capped Brazilian player of all time. Known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank, he is regarded as one of the greatest full-backs of all time, one of the best defenders ever to play in the Italian Serie A, and as one of the greatest Brazilian and South American players of his generation.

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

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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!

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

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

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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.

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Mistakes are a risk but recovering from them shows a lot of personality.

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

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

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

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My stamina was my strength.

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

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

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To play for the England national team, you have to be very good, and to play at Liverpool, you have to be very, very good.

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Saint Petersburg has a fantastic historical atmosphere.

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

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

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Thank God Brazilian goalkeepers are now learning to play with their feet, because that was the big problem.

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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.

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I've played in many stadiums in the world and won many trophies.

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

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Neymar is the best Brazilian out there. He is on another level than the other Brazilians.

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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.

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Zinedine Zidane, he was absolutely fantastic.

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

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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.

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I had my chance in the World Cup Final and, wow, it was the opportunity I needed to show the whole world what I was capable of.

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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.

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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.

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Right backs now should be the highest paid players in every team! Strikers just have to score. Midfielders, they pass. Goalkeepers make saves. Full backs have to mark, cover centre backs and midfield, get forward and cross, take shots and provide the link to strikers.

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Brazilian people and South African people are very similar in all respects. They are very warm and friendly.

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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.

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

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

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Without a doubt, winning the World Cup is the highest prize in football. It's the peak - the maximum that you can reach.

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When you go to a World Cup, you must be ready to play at any time.

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

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It was funny, a lot of people who rejected me as a player, later said, 'Oh, we did it to help you.' I met a coach years later who said, 'I didn't take you at that time for your own good!'

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

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

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

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

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Ronaldinho and I are two totally different players. He is an attacker and I'm a defender, so there is no comparison. I did not feel any pressure, because I love to play my own style.

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

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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.

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Being a world champion is out of the ordinary.

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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.

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Technically, Neymar is the best player in the world.

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

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What our children are missing today are good role models.

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It's not just the goalscorer who should be the best player in the world. It is totally wrong that some great players never won the Ballon d'Or because of their position.

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Everything I have, I owe to Jardim Irene. I want the children to see me there, that I'm giving them attention, so that they can have a good role model.

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

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I saw James Rodriguez play for the Colombian national team. I saw him play for Real Madrid and for Bayern, too. For me he's a fantastic player, a sensational player, intelligent, a player, who, if you let him play the way he likes, for sure, he'll do a lot for the Premier League.

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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.

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

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Of course Neymar is someone that is very important, not only for Brazilian football but for the world of football, and it will be amazing to see him playing in a World Cup and showing all of his skills.

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

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In my adolescence, everyone would like to play in Italy: Roma, Milan, Lazio, Juventus, Sampdoria, Napoli.

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Pele revolutionized football. Pele stopped a war. Pele united countries, united families.

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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.

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