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Football lost one of its greatest of all times today - and I lost a very special friend. Football will forever be yours. Rest in peace.

I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.

Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football.

If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.

Everything is practice.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

It's crazy that it has happened this way. I wanted it very much. I knew God was going to give it to me, I sensed it was going to be this.

I feel great bitterness, it is disappointing to start this way. Now we must turn the page and show that we are a strong team.

The moment I arrived in Paris I felt very happy. And I really want to begin the training sessions.

These recent days, I've given lots of thought to what I can say and the truth is that I can't think of anything. This is really difficult for me after so many years.

It was an incredible Cup! We know that we can still improve many things. But I couldn't be more proud to be captain of this spectacular team.

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

You can be sure that, in four years, you will see Brazil much better than when I received it.

In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.

The Argentina fans treat Messi like a god. The Portugal fans treat CR7 like a king. Brazil Fans encourage Ney to break his leg. The biggest mistake in Ney's career is being born in Brazil, this country does not deserve his talent.

In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.

I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.

Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.

Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football.

I will be world champion, my love. It is written. And I will score a goal.

Argentina in dreamland! Lionel Messi sent the Lusail stadium into raptures as he held the World Cup aloft in Qatar, having guiding Argentina to glory through a nerve-wracking penalty shootout against France in one of the greatest ever finals.

Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

I don't think about money when I make these kinds of decisions. I play for the love of the game. I loved the feeling I got from Real Madrid.

I think he's a really good talent, really promising talent. I think if you meet the boy as well, an excellent boy - very humble, he's got his feet firmly on the ground, which is the most important thing for a young player. And I think he's got the world at his feet as long as he can stay focussed.