"A penalty is a cowardly way to score."

"When you are in the game, you are in the game."

"I am not afraid to die. I have lived a good life."

"I only ask you this question because I talked with Branco and you were a good friend of Careca, of Alemão, because you played together in Naples. And I said, Maradona isn't a good friend of yours, how…"

"I once got sent off in a game against Colombia. The decision was so unpopular with the crowd that the referee then sent himself off!"