CR7 celebrates his milestone birthday Ronaldo's 40 best sayings - plus the best 40 topless photos

Syl Battistuzzi

5.2.2025

Cristiano Ronaldo is a new member of the 40 club.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a new member of the 40 club.
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The "greatest footballer in history" in his own words is celebrating his 40th birthday. The perfect gift from blue Sport for Cristiano Ronaldo: his forty best sayings - and most beautiful topless photos.

«People envy me because I'm rich, beautiful and a good footballer. There is no other explanation.»

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«Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable.»

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«If everyone played at my level, we'd be first.»

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«I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you're the best, you'll never achieve what you're capable of.»

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«Without football, my life is worth nothing.»

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«Talent without hard work means nothing.»

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«Winning - that's the most important thing for me. It's as simple as that.»

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«Talent isn't everything. You can have been given everything in the cradle, but you have to learn to behave like the best.»

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«I don't care if people hate me. It spurs me on.»

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«I'm living in a dream that I never want to wake up from.»

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«Why should I lie. I'm not going to be a hypocrite and tell the opposite of what I think, like others do.»

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«The referees say they protect the talented players. But when I play, nobody protects me. You can't touch others, but you can hit me with a stick. I don't understand that.»

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«I know I'm a good professional. Nobody is tougher on me than I am. And that will never change, never.»

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«Maybe they hate me because I'm too good.»

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«Of course the club can pay 94 million euros for me. I think I'm worth more.»

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«I want to end my career with dignity and not play in the USA, Qatar or Dubai.»

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«I only feel bad when I play badly. Fortunately, that rarely happens.»

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«Thank you all for taking part in the CR7 boys' underwear competition - it was a real pleasure to see all your photos.»

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«We lost because we didn't win.»

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«We don't want to talk about our dreams. We want to make them come true.»

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«If you think you're already perfect, you never will be.»

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«Siiiiiiiiiii»

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«We can't live with being obsessed with what other people think about us. It's impossible to live like that. Not even God has managed to please the whole world.»

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«I have my weaknesses too, but I'm a professional who doesn't like to fail or lose.»

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«I don't have to prove anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.»

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«Dreams are not what you see in your sleep, dreams are things that don't let you sleep.»

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«Too much humility is a shortcoming.»

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«I never promise anything. Not to my mother. Not to my fans.»

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«For me, being the best means proving it in different countries and at different championships.»

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«It motivates me a lot that people are interested in me.»

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«Today there are opportunities that nobody knows if they will come again in the future.»

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«I prefer other people to judge my playing style and characterize me rather than me describing myself.»

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«I don't have many friends in football. The people I really trust are not many ... Most of the time I'm alone.»

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«I have a vision of the game. I see things differently to others. That makes me unique.»

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«I'm proud of who I am and I don't need anyone to validate that.»

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«I'm not a machine, I'm a human being, I have feelings.»

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«I like to express myself on the field. I'm not afraid to show my feelings.»

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«I don't really have a private life. I'm already used to it. Yes, sometimes it's difficult, but I've made the choice.»

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«I know that whoever likes football likes me.»

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«I'm the best in history. Period.»

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