I played for Santos at 16, and we had an excellent team, so it helped a lot. And then I played for Brazil at the Maracana against Argentina. So I get more experience. This was one year before the World Cup, and it made a lot of difference.

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

You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.

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 always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.

I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God.

Brazil's always had great players, both at home and abroad, but we need to put all that talent together and mould a team out of it.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.

A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

By the work one knows the workman.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis.

Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.

In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past.

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.

I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.