Zico Quotes

Cristiano - he has it all. He has a right foot, left foot, is good in the air, so quick.

Iniesta is easily Spain's most complete player. He has everything.

Tactically, technically, physically, mentally he was the best. A lot of things that I learnt was from Pele's sticker albums: how to head, how to shoot the ball. It was like a step-by-step guide. I learnt from Pele as a kid.

I'm a versatile player, I'm a technical player, and I play with my head, but I can progress further.

I saw that Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more than 360 goals because he has a great right foot, but a left foot just as powerful.

The way Cristiano Ronaldo plays is incredible.

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

I can shoot a three pointer in basketball, and I can kick a soccer ball.

People told me I was more of a soccer player, not a football player.

I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.

Messi is just an anomaly: he can dribble, he can score, he can pass, he has the vision, he understands the game.

I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.

I have great technique, a good shot, and I'm pretty good in the air.

I know people say you have to be big and strong to play in the Premier League, but you cannot just judge a player by their size. You have to look at their other qualities, too.

Pogba is a midfielder who has all the qualities. When you are a midfielder you normally have some special qualities but he has everything.

We all know what a great player Cristiano is.

Cristiano Ronaldo is big and strong, but Messi's technique is pure class.

People expect you to dribble past 10 players and put the ball in the back of the net.

I was always a little bit compared to Jurgen because my core of working is working against the ball.

I am not as dangerous as I used to be. I am not as effective in the penalty area any more. That is something I have lost and something I have to get back. I used to score better goals, great goals. But something strange has happened.

It's difficult to mark Ronaldo. I think he has a lot of qualities. He has all the abilities a striker can possesses. He's very good with the head, the right foot, the left foot. His strike is the same whatever the feet.

Ronaldinho was a big influence on me, watching him on YouTube, he used to do things that other people didn't really used to do.

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

There are a lot of great midfielders in the world, with each having their own unique style.

There are some things Ronaldo can do with a football that make me touch my head and wonder how on earth he did it.