Football Quotes by Zico

I've always seen football as a game. You lose or win.

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In football, everything is possible.

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I am not a magician of football.

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Losing a game at home is never good.

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Football never surpises me.

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I will never give up on football that is played well.

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I respect the rules of the game.

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Football always has pressure.

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Neymar and Balotelli have the same problem. They spend too much time on their activities off the pitch.

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I want my players to go win and don't play bad football.

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I don't know why everyone refers to me as White Pele. I don't like it.

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I prefer to win a game and lose other 2 rather than draw 3 games. Both cases you get 3 points.

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Every great player is more outstanding in the victory, but has more pressure in defeats.

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It's bad when there are internal problems at the club - when people have doubts about you internally.

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Pele has all the qualities and characteristic that a football player has to have.

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I will never do as a coach the things I hated people doing to me when I was a player.

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My only dream was to wear the number ten shirt of Flamengo. Since then I have just taken things as they have…

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India has a population of over 1 billion people. There is place for all sports and for sure there is space for football.

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I hope that all the Indian football players who will be with me under my coaching will show their talent and come…

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The ISL brought together many football cultures such as Italians, Dutch, French, English and Spanish. There were no Brazilians! I brought something…

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In my career I always tried to improve to become one of the great players, because I felt I had received a…

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For me dialogue is as essential in football as in life. I like to talk to my players and I never impose…

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Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two players that, the way I see it, can have a spot amongst the best of all…

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With respect to Qatar as a country that wants to grow, you can't have a World Cup in a country that doesn't…

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When God built Pele, he put everything that a player needs in him. He knew how to shoot, how to dribble, how…

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Arsene Wenger's mentality has been to bring together footballers who bring happiness in our sport, the type of players I like to…

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I think the difference with Japan was that they didn't bring in too many foreign players. In my opinion at the ISL…

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Tactically, technically, physically, mentally he was the best. A lot of things that I learnt was from Pele's sticker albums: how to…

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It's so important to be chosen for the national team. For the Copa America, for the World Cup, or just friendly matches,…

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Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi never ever stop playing for the team. If I were young today, they are players on which…

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I remember Arsene Wenger very well from our time in Japan. I like the way his teams play, with an offensive mentality…

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My philosophy is always to play for a win.

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My philosophy is always to play forward because goal is the reason of football.

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Others are others, Pele is Pele, he is totally different.

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Ozil is a great player. He's the brain of the German national team.

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I wish I could help in a more substantial way, the football in India in a more global, national way.

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When Brazil take part in any competition they must always play to win.

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Everything Maradona did, he did with a guy hanging on his neck during 90 minutes.

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Maradona is among the best five players I've ever seen: Garrincha, Pele, Diego, Cruijff and Beckenbauer.

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For me, the 1982 Brazil squad was the best, although we could not win the World Cup.

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