I grew up in a house that was always happy, and my family was always music, music. I started playing percussion very young, because I had some uncles who were musicians and all my aunts were singers.

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When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.

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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.

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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.

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I remember seeing Eric Cantona play for Manchester United. The way he used to control games was special to watch.

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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...

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My family is everything. 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.

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When I was 7, I started playing with a club. The only grass on the field was in the corner. There was no grass in the middle! It was just sand.

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Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.

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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...

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