What he said

ON NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE:

"I feel lucky as almost every coach I met during my career actually liked me, so I made those teams."

ON WORLD CUP SHOWING:

"Our moves were practiced again and again, but we really struggled to show our best in the games."

ON MILUTINOVIC SACKING:

"We had one of the world's most experienced coaches, how come we sacked him? Maybe the leaders had grander tastes."

ON BEIJING OLYMPICS:

"We were defeated by ourselves. Although Brazil was in the (Olympic) group, if everything went smoothly, we still might have had a chance to get points from the games against New Zealand and Belgium."

ON BEING AN EXAMPLE:

"The young players have no excuse to not work hard when they see old players like me fighting every minute of the game."