Failure, it will happen. Disappointment will happen. It’s part of your life and you can’t let it go without confronting it. What education and training you've had in the past won't help you. Confront it, don't accept it. The next day is important.
I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans but also to feel satisfied with myself.
Poverty is bad, it's difficult, I knew it well. You want lots of things and all you can do is dream about them. It would be nice if there were more justice - if those who have a lot had a little less, and those who have a little had a little more.
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"I haven't always been understood. As a footballer, as coach and also for what I did after all that. But OK, Rembrandt and Van Gogh weren't understood either. That's what you learn: "people go on bothering you until you're a genius."