100 Quotes by Zico

When God built Pele, he put everything that a player needs in him. He knew how to shoot, how to dribble, how to head, be physical. He had everything that a football player needs to have. It's difficult for someone to achieve what he has in football.

Being a soccer coach is just like being a general who has the responsibility of guiding his troops into battle. If a coach acts too emotionally on the bench, his players cannot focus on their game on the field.

Everyone has the right to make mistakes.

A lot of people talk about what the 1982 team did on the pitch but that side was so dear to Brazilian fans also because it featured players that supporters would see in flesh and bone on a regular basis, either at games or even on the streets. Now they basically only see the Selecao on the TV.

I want to win all the time; even in a dice game I want to win.

I have always said that to manage Brazil I would have to be managing in Brazil first.

I've learned that showing your emotions can work against you and that you need to have a business-like attitude to observe things with a cool head.

You can't win the World Cup without playing the big boys.

My father taught me to love Flamengo, which has always been my second home.