50 Inspirational Cristiano Ronaldo Quotes [2024]

Updated: January 20th, 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional soccer player who currently plays for the English club Manchester United and the Portugal national team.

Ronaldo has won FIFA's Player of the Year 5 times. He has won 29 trophies in his career as of 2020, including six championship titles, five Champions League victories, a Euro Cup victory, and a Nations League victory.

We've put together an incredible collection of Cristiano Ronaldo quotes to read.

Here they are:

50 Inspirational Cristiano Ronaldo Quotes [2024]

List of Inspiring Cristiano Ronaldo Quotes

“In my mind, not just this year, always, I am always the best. And I am always going to say that.”


“Scoring goals is a great feeling, but the most important thing to me is that the team is successful – it doesn’t matter who scores the goals as long as we’re winning.”


“Dedication, hard work all the time, and belief.”


“Your love makes me strong. Your hate makes me unstoppable.”


“I know If I score we’re going to win the match.”


“If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.”


“I feel endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans but also to feel satisfied with myself.”


“I never tried to hide the fact that my only goal is to be the best”


“I’m living a dream I never want to wake up from.”


“Stay strong. Be brave. Go beyond.”


“I see football as an art and all players are artists. If you are a top artist, the last thing you would do is paint a picture somebody else has already painted.”


“It gives me the happiest feeling in the world. I just love scoring. It doesn’t matter if it’s a simple goal from close range, a long shot, or a dribble around several players, I just love to score all goals.”


“I respect your opinions. Maybe in your opinion, Messi is better than me. But in my mind, I am better than him.”


“I think it’s the best thing in life to have a kid.”


“We don’t want to tell our dreams. We want to show them.”


“The best players always follow the best players.”


“I know I’m a good professional, I know that no one’s harder on me than myself and that’s never going to change, under any circumstances.”


“I want to be remembered as part of the group of the greatest players ever.”


“Talent isn’t everything. You can have it from the cradle, but it is necessary to learn the trade to be the best.”


“Talent without working hard is nothing.”


“The high point of my career was winning the Champions League. No one will ever erase that from my memory, in the same way, that no one will ever erase the fact that I did it in a Manchester United shirt.”


“If we can’t help our family, who are we going to help?”


“I don’t see anyone better than me. No player does things that I cannot do myself, but I see things others can’t do. There’s no more complete player than me. I’m the best player in history — in the good and the bad moments.”


“We should make the most of life. Enjoy it!”


“The most important thing is the family. Keep your family healthy, good, and take care of your family, because this is the most important thing in the world.”


“I think the numbers, they say everything.”


“You have to work. I try to do it almost every day and this is why I am in the top level for many many years.”


“I just try to do my best every season.”


“I really like to put myself under pressure to see what I can do.”


“It’s not about the money. It’s about the passion.”


“My focus is to be a good man, and do my job properly.”


"All the achievement that I get comes from dedication and hard work.”


“I am living a dream I never want to wake up from.”


“If you think you’re perfect already, then you never will be.”


“I still remember when my teacher told me that football wouldn’t give me anything to eat.”


“I don’t want to be compared to anyone – I’d like to impose my own style of play and do the best for myself and for the club here.”


“I think sometimes the best training is to rest.”


“I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.”


“It is my conviction that here are no limits to learning, and that it can never stop, no matter what our age.”


“Dreams are not what you see in your sleep, they are the things that don’t let you sleep”


“I want to consistently play well and win titles. I’m only at the beginning.”


“Without football, my life is worth nothing.”


“Maybe they hate me because I’m too good!”


“In football, I don’t have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many… Most of the time, I’m alone.”


“I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn’t like to miss or lose.”


“I never tried to hide the fact that my only goal is to be the best.”


“I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.”


“There is no harm in dreaming of becoming the world’s best player. It is all about trying to be the best. I will keep working hard to achieve it but it is within my capabilities.”


“I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.”


“To be the best you need the best.”

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