"My father told me that it was better to learn to master the ball barefoot to have sensitivity in the foot and I promised him that I would ....

"My father told me that it was better to learn to master the ball barefoot to have sensitivity in the foot and I promised him that I would master that ball like no other, but what really happened was that he did not have money to give me a pair of shoes.

When I won my first Ballon d'Or, I didn't cry with joy, I cried because I didn't have my father" -RONALDINHO GAUCHO”