I dreamt of being like Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho.

I dreamt of being like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho Gaucho.

— Neymar

He danced on the knife’s edge between awareness and sleep. When he dreamt like this, he was a king. The world was his to…

— Maggie Stiefvater

'Gaucho' was a struggle for us for a lot of reasons, and in the end, we just sort of survived it.

— Walter Becker

My biggest idol has always been Ronaldinho Gaucho. He was the player I most liked to see play on television.

— Joao Cancelo

The guys I dreamt of being like Phil Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, those are the guys I was aiming to become, and I…

— Paul Walter Hauser

Ronaldo is just an athlete. He works so hard and back to back; he is always there. But if you work hard, can you…

— Edgar Davids

It is difficult to copy Real Madrid, as not every team has those players who can run with such explosion, like Ronaldo.

— Xabi Alonso

I have never seen a talent like Ronaldo. He always scores, scores, scores. The first game he played for Milan, Sienna away, I said…

— Carlo Ancelotti

Of course players like Ronaldo and Messi can change a game with one bit of skill.

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

I like the Ronaldo Flyknits even though I'm a Messi fan.

— Diana Taurasi

I have worked with some of the most important players, like Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Kaka, Zidane, but the best are easy to work with because…

— Carlo Ancelotti

Young players try and imitate the best players like Ronaldo. They try to imitate the hair, the clothes, the cars, the tricks. I try…

— Dimitar Berbatov

As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him…

— Gareth Bale

When you look at youth, they want to aspire to somebody. You can see that with him you have to work hard, and that's…

— Edgar Davids

I have played against greats, like Ronaldo and Hazard. But I love watching Messi's touch of the ball, his style.

— Marco Verratti