"I was so proud because my father -- he gave me Edison because of Thomas Edison. I was so proud because Edison was a very important engineer -- the light."

"I always try to score goals. That is my job."

"When I went to Holland, they said (Johan) Cruyff was the new Pele. In England, they said it was George Best. In Argentina, they said (Diego) Maradona was the new Pele. And in Germany, they said it was…"

"When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things."

"Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors wins."