Rivaldo Quotes

My heroes were always soccer players.

I play at Manchester City. I try and give performances for them game after game.

I have the dream of playing at a World Cup and winning a Champions League.

For me, honestly, I would like to play with Messi one day.

Befriending Pro Bowlers and future Hall of Famers is pretty cool, but I'm just enjoying the ride, looking at every day in the NFL as a memorable moment.

I've scored nearly 100 goals in my career and done it with a smile on my face.

I want to compliment Francesco Totti: scoring 206 goals is a great achievement. It does not matter that he has beat me, as he is a great player.

The Premier League is so competitive so we have to be very attentive, very focused and not relax in any way - especially when it is thought to be a winnable game.

I had a great time at SV Werder Bremen and I'm grateful to the club.

I've been to some great clubs, great people, watched them training, getting a different view on football, and really enjoyed it.

I played in different positions as a kid, and it helped me learn different parts of the game, but I found that I was always scoring goals, and that continued as I got older. I've always enjoyed scoring, and it seemed to come naturally. Fortunately, that has carried on into my professional career.

I am a professional player, and I will naturally do everything to be in goal.

Yes, I am the best footballer in the world.

I'll give everything I have to be one of the best players in La Liga.

Of course I want to score more goals in the Champions League. But I never want to compare myself or be compared to Lionel Messi.

Messi scores three goals every game. If you score one goal, you're not Messi.

I have the ability to score goals.

Why did I choose to be a goalkeeper? I don't know - it is good question. I have asked myself many times when things have not being going well.

You think it's so easy? Get in goal.

Do I want to be the best defender in Europe? Of course. Any defender will tell you that - who wouldn't want to be the best?

I am always pleased to talk about Buffon. He is an extraordinary player, a professional with values.

I want to go to the World Cup and enjoy it.

For me, the Premier League is the most difficult championship in the world, and I am so happy here.

Everybody wants the Hollywood glamour of the Premier League.

At Manchester, and at Dortmund before that, I'm surrounded by great players who make it easy for me to play.