Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.

It is not the strong one that wins, the one that wins is strong.

The ball gave me prestige, gave me fame, gave me riches. Thank you, my old friend.

A 0-0 is like a Sunday without sun.

I don't want to be idolized, I just want to play. And to do that you have to run and sweat.

I retired at age 40 because my daughters looked at me one day and said: 'Dad, being bald and wearing shorts doesn't look good together'.

Reputations do not win matches and trophies, only goals can do that

No one player is as good as the sum of a team

I chose Real Madrid instead of Barcelona because I'm a winner, not a loser

Scoring goals is like making love: everyone can do it, but nobody does it like me.

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Without the ball, you can't win.

I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet.

I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.

In a way, I'm probably immortal.

Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent

I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

There is only one ball, so you need to have it.