Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Zico - Page 2

Maradona has done a lot for his clubs, as Messi does, and for the Argentina national team.

I traveled to many countries when I played. But wherever I went, it was a journey between an airport, a hotel, a stadium and a railway station or a bus terminal and I didn't have a chance to experience these places properly.

My philosophy is always to play forward because goal is the reason of football.

Pele has all the qualities and characteristic that a football player has to have.

I've learned that showing your emotions can work against you and that you need to have a business-like attitude to observe things with a cool head.

My only dream was to wear the number ten shirt of Flamengo. Since then I have just taken things as they have come to me.

I want my players to go win and don't play bad football.

Others are others, Pele is Pele, he is totally different.

I might have made mistakes but I have always been honest.

It is always good to keep learning. Every day things change and we should recycle ourselves every day.

Everything you can imagine from a player, Pele has done it.

I would like to work in England. I find that place very interesting.

Honestly speaking, I was not really interested in a managerial job when my playing career ended.

I will never give up on football that is played well.

I was born close to soccer, and I've been living and working in soccer since I was small.

I believe that soccer can be an example of understanding and peace between countries and between peoples.

It's so important to be chosen for the national team. For the Copa America, for the World Cup, or just friendly matches, it's such an honour to reach that stage and be chosen for the team. People expect players to wear Brazil's shirt, win the title with pride, and keep winning. You have to have the mental strength to get over this pressure.

I am not afraid to say what I feel.

I've always seen football as a game. You lose or win.

I will never do as a coach the things I hated people doing to me when I was a player.

Every great player is more outstanding in the victory, but has more pressure in defeats.

My grandfather is a musician, my son is a musician and a singer. My mother played the piano too.

Rivaldo was fundamental for me accepting the challenge in Bunyodkor.

I've been through everything in soccer.

Being a soccer coach is just like being a general who has the responsibility of guiding his troops into battle. If a coach acts too emotionally on the bench, his players cannot focus on their game on the field.

If you want to try new challenges you have to adapt.

I remember Arsene Wenger very well from our time in Japan. I like the way his teams play, with an offensive mentality - it is a philosophy I share. I think he gets the best out of the players he has, and this is the key to his success.

When you hear cheers at the moment you need a bit of a push, players can react to that and perform at their best.

I liked it when people relied on me... because then I knew I had something different to offer.

When Brazil take part in any competition they must always play to win.

My philosophy is always to play for a win.

A great player can win, but cannot claim titles alone. You need to have a great team who are close and able to support you.

I always play players who are fit - even if it means playing out of position.

I prefer to win a game and lose other 2 rather than draw 3 games. Both cases you get 3 points.

In my career I always tried to improve to become one of the great players, because I felt I had received a gift from God and I had to make good use of it, to become worthy of having received this talent.

In football, everything is possible.

In life we always have to learn something, I learn everything daily.

When I can, I always like coming to Italy to have some nice wine.

The history of Brazil goes from Pele to Garrincha, Didi, Tostao, Gerson, then to all of us who followed them.