Philippe Coutinho Quotes

There are a lot of players that I wanted to play with, but I always wanted to play with Ronaldinho. He's been always my idol, I am a fan of his.

I wanted to be Ronaldinho. I studied him a lot. He was my hero.

Since I was a child, I watched tapes of Baggio, Zico, and Maradona, and then I tried to replicate them just playing on my own against the wall. Certainly it's talent, but you have to cultivate that talent.

Obviously, Thierry Henry is someone I have looked up to ever since I started playing football.

I can learn a lot from Messi. Watching how he does things will help me a lot in future.

I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.

As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football.

For young people who are football players, Ronaldo should be the best in the world. He is the best example to look at because he trains to the fullest and has talent.

I try to learn from Falcao, and Manu Riviere as well - his movement is excellent - it's really good for me. I need to work on my movement and my finishing, but seeing these guys on a regular basis gives me a benchmark.

Playing with Wayne Rooney was a dream come true. He's a legend and a role model to me.

My brother was the one who really gave me the desire to follow in his footsteps. Also, it was really Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, the two Brazilian players, who also inspired me to a future in football.

Kohli is my favorite batsman. I watch his videos and try to learn from that. He is an experienced player, and it is always good to learn from a player of his caliber.

Great players inspire you. The best player I played with was Gervi (Gervinho)

I remember how inspiring it was to meet players like Bobby Charlton or Bryan Robson when I was a kid. I still remember Clive Allen showing up when I received a trophy for my Sunday league team.

My heroes were always soccer players.

All of us growing up, if you're a professional player or a college player, you're molding your game after guys. You see guys, you see things guys do. Like Randy Moss, I'm a Randy Moss guy.

I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came up with my own way to strike them.

As a kid, I looked up to Gazza, and to Wayne Rooney because he came through at Everton. Zidane has been one of my favourite players and I was always watching videos of him.

When I was young, I would watch Ronaldinho play; I would watch him give magic.

Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play football.

Everyone knows what a great player, as well as a person, David Beckham is. I am just hoping that I can learn from him. I know if I want to go far in my football career I have to do as well as him.

Once I started playing as a striker, I'd say I looked up to Julie Fleeting and Thierry Henry.

I learnt to do bicycle kicks watching Robinho on the television.

Beckham was a great inspiration to me growing up.

My role changes quite a lot, but ultimately I've always admired Glenn McGrath.