"I don't think I am a legend. I am just a normal person who plays football."

"I think the World Cup is the most beautiful thing in the world."

"Once, in a match in Senegal, the goalkeeper cried so much after I scored that he had to be substituted! He had lost a big bet!"

"I was with all the kids and I said, 'Why are you crying?' My father said, 'Brazil lost the World Cup.' Then I made a joke and told him, 'Don't cry, I'm going to win a World Cup for you.'"

"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."