Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a forward or a winger. Often considered one of the best players of his generation and regarded by many as one of the greatest of all time, Ronaldinho won two FIFA World Player of the Year awards (in 2004 and 2005) and a Ballon d’Or in 2005. A global icon of the sport, he was renowned for his technical skills and creativity; due to his agility, pace and dribbling ability, as well as his use of tricks, feints, overhead kicks, no-look passes and accuracy from free-kicks. Ronaldinho made his career debut for Grêmio, in 1998. At age 20, he moved to Paris Saint-Germain in France before signing for Barcelona in 2003. In his second season with Barcelona, he won his first FIFA World Player of the Year award, as Barcelona won the 2004–05 La Liga title. The season that followed is considered one of the best in his career as he was integral in Barcelona winning the UEFA Champions League, their first in fourteen years, as well as another La Liga title, giving Ronaldinho his first career double. After scoring two spectacular solo goals in the first 2005-06 El Clásico, Ronaldinho became the second Barcelona player, after Diego Maradona in 1983, to receive a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans at the Santiago Bernabéu. Ronaldinho also received his second FIFA World Player of the Year award, as well as the Ballon d’Or. May these Ronaldinho Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “I am very happy on this side and this type of contentment doesn’t have a price. I want for nothing here and look forward to staying for many years.” Ronaldinho
2. “Our confidence comes from our preparation.” Ronaldinho
3. “I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.” Ronaldinho
4. “Ever since I was a kid, I’ve dreamt about winning the Brazilian league, and I still dream about it now. I am doing everything I possibly can to make my dream come true.” Ronaldinho
5. “I was at Barcelona for many years where I won a lot of things and achieved a lot of dreams. For these reasons it holds a special place in my life.” Ronaldinho
6. “When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.” Ronaldinho
7. “Football is about joy. It’s about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.” Ronaldinho
8. “The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play – where you can’t see a way through.” Ronaldinho
9. “My heroes were always soccer players.” Ronaldinho
10. “No matter who you are it’s the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.” Ronaldinho
11. “My only concern is playing. Everything else, my family looks after. In our house, everyone has a job, and my job in our house is to play football.” Ronaldinho
12. “It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.” Ronaldinho
13. “Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself.” Ronaldinho
14. “Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.” Ronaldinho
15. “My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.” Ronaldinho
16. “It was lovely to receive the affection from some of the supporters of our biggest rival. It doesn’t happen to you very often in your career.” Ronaldinho
17. “I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.” Ronaldinho
18. “I think each player has an individual style. Each is concerned with giving the best to his team, and I think my best talent is dribbling and setting up goal situations, giving an assist or deceiving one of the other team’s players.” Ronaldinho
19. “It doesnt change much for me really and my motivation remains the same – to create a beautiful future with Barcelona, winning many titles.” Ronaldinho
20. “A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It’s played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player’s control.” Ronaldinho
21. “I never saw myself outside Barca. I only listened to their offer and wasn’t interested in what other clubs were doing.” Ronaldinho
22. “I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that’s playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time.” Ronaldinho
23. “If you’re playing for five hours you don’t want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.” Ronaldinho
24. “For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I’ve had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I’ll never forget either feeling.” Ronaldinho
25. “God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.” Ronaldinho
26. “The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play – where you can’t see a way through.” Ronaldinho
27. “I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister, because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.” Ronaldinho
28. “I still have a video of my father, which I watch before every game I play for Brazil. It gives me strength, makes me determined.” Ronaldinho
29. “I had the chance to play for a lot of different teams in the Premier League, but I think all the choices I made were the right ones. I could name a lot – with Gremio, PSG, Barcelona, Milan, Flamengo Mineiro. I was lucky enough to score a few goals, and they were all beautiful.” Ronaldinho
30. “Even from when Lionel Messi was very young I could see that he was a great player. A lot of people spoke about him, and then when I saw him myself for the first time I could see the amazing quality that he had. I didn’t teach him anything – he had enough quality himself.” Ronaldinho
31. “I feel very privileged to be asked to be featured in another FIFA Soccer release. The game gives me the opportunity to play the matches I want to play every day of the week – even while away from the field.” Ronaldinho
32. “Football is a great love because I was born into a family of players and therefore born into football. I’m fortunate to have a style of play that a lot of people like. It’s a privilege to be able to do what I like best and in my own way, but I’m fortunate that people like it, and that motivates me even more.” Ronaldinho
33. “The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he’s the best and we wouldn’t swap him for anyone.” Ronaldinho
34. “My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 – that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.” Ronaldinho
35. “The most important thing for us is to realize that last season is over and this one is completely different. And that if we don’t run or battle until the end we won’t win anything.” Ronaldinho
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