Right now I don’t have a favourite footballer. But I quite like a bunch of them from Cristiano Ronaldo to Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and others. It will be very difficult for me to pick the best amongst these great footballers, so I will prefer to just watch them play.

Football is the most important thing in my life, but I do have a life outside football and this is one part. The TV, the music, the fashion - it all goes to make up Rio Ferdinand.

Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) was my hero. He was the best forward I've ever seen. He was so fast that he could score a goal from nothing and he struck the ball better than anyone I've seen.

"The greatest ballplayer was Ty Cobb". (Spanish: "El más grande pelotero de la historia ha sido Ty Cobb".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

Ronnie is the best player in the world at the moment, right-handed, left-handed, one-legged, one-armed, whatever you want!

Technically he was always great, now he also has that cool head. The way he scored the goals is phenomenal. For me he is the best and most complete striker in the world at the moment.

I qamt to be one of tge best goalkeepers ik tye world.

Football is my life. Football is everything to me. Now I stopped playing professionally but, I still play when it’s time to enjoy with friends.

I am very happy to be considered as one of the best defenders in the world and to be mentioned alongside great footballers. It's a great satisfaction to have reached this level at this moment in my career. I know that things will get tougher soon, but I will continue to work hard to be able to maintain this level of performance.

Soccer is a magical game.

I am a supporter of Zeman. He is a divisive figure with a strong personality, someone who loves beautiful football.

He had zero experience but he was really good. The irony is, given the fact that the character can't play very well, is that he's actually a brilliant footballer.

He is the most professional player I have ever met. He is always there, never injured, because he focuses on these things. He always knows what is important to be in the best condition. But I was always very, very pleased with him, from the first moment [we met].

[About w:en:Pietro Grasso:Pietro Grasso ] Grasso, when he was young, played soccer on my team, Bacigalupo, and he was famous because he always came out of the field clean at the end of the game: even when there was mud, he always managed not to splash himself.