Roberto Carlos Quotes

I think the thing that has sort of always separated me, even from when I was younger, is my ability to score goals.

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.

Scoring from a metre out is just as beautiful as lobbing a goalkeeper from the halfway line.

It's quite easy in football when you can bang it into the top corner.

Beckham takes free kicks better than me. It is a joy to watch him take free kicks and he has proved that free kicks are not all about power.

There are lots of brilliant free kick specialists in the world. But the technique of Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham fascinates me most of all.

If I take a penalty, I prefer to take it with my right foot.

There is a no more complete striker than Ronaldo. Left foot, right foot, header - he is in perfect control of everything he does.

A keeper can almost never catch my shots.

Ronaldinho and David Beckham, they took free kicks and took them very well, so there are some players I always try to follow and to learn important things from so that I am able to score goals.

I always, always decide where I'm going with the ball before I take a penalty shot, stare at the ball, follow through, and never look at the place that I'm going to shoot.

I'm not massively into the screamers, because I think sometimes fellas just hit it and there's an element of luck over whether it flies into the top corner or over the bar.

I used to practise my free-kicks a lot.

Ronaldinho takes great free kicks and has scored a lot of nice goals from free play.

I have always been scoring goals, and now the quality of goals I am scoring is better.

It is very hard to find a good defender who is strong and good with the ball. Very hard.

I don't practise indirect free-kicks, but the technique and how I strike the ball I practise a lot.

Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to score volleys.

As a finisher, there are few players as composed as Messi. When you can score as many different kinds of goal as he can, you have every reason to be confident.

More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is a delicacy to this big giant.

Everybody watches free-kicks, and when you watch them, you enjoy them. You have got to learn how to shoot and connect with the ball and how to move your leg. For everybody, it is different, but if you want to score lots of goals, then free kicks is an extra way to do that.

In France, the matches are sometimes very tight, and so it is difficult to score. A free kick can unlock a game.

I used to spend hours on the laptop watching free kicks on YouTube - again and again. You obviously learn a thing or two.

Playing lovely football and making wonderful saves is not a challenge.

There is always a chance to score the equaliser with a set piece.