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100% facts.
I've always had deep admiration for Ronaldo (though I've lost plenty of respect over his antics these last few years). But I know what I saw and experienced.
As far as influence goes, United Ronaldo might’ve been the most influential footballer I've ever experienced.
As far as football goes, pre-2015 Ronaldo is the most devastating player I've ever seen behind Messi. Mental. Technical. Physical—he was the complete forward. Had a will to force situations his way in ways I've only ever felt with Messi.
He'll always be the toughest opponent that I have had to root against. For those who weren’t around, go and listen to how he was booed in England/the Mourinho era, at the Camp Nou. What I unknowingly admired as a young teen watching was how he never looked fazed. The Calma is probably one of the most satisfying moments of his career—in retrospect, beating him was always the most satisfying too.
To end off, football at the highest level is all about winning and being consistent. And that was Messi and Ronaldo.
Which is why as a footballer—competitor, he will always have my utmost respect.
Always told people close to me too that if everyone had Ronaldo's work ethic and self-belief, there would be a lot more successful and happy people in this world.
I’ve always respected Cristiano Ronaldo as a player and competitor. The narratives on this app around him are mostly based off of the last few years of his career when he has been a shadow of the player he used to be and I think he gets a lot of undeserved disrespect given how great he was in his prime. Of course he hasn’t helped himself with some of his antics in recent years, but his vanity and self-belief are huge reasons for his success. Whether you like him or not he has shaped the last 2 decades of football and the game won’t be the same without him
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When you live in top Asian cities like HK/SG for a long time and then go to developed Western cities, you realize how much we take daily safety for granted
Went to NYC end of last year with wife, taking the Manhattan subway line after dark is just creepy. Never know what some crazy fool is scheming. Hard to ignore the homeless folks literally everywhere (passed by 125th and Lexington, looks like the Thriller music video) and random acts of violence and petty crime
NYC still phenomenal city but you really need to pay up to live in a good neighbourhood, whereas you get uniformly good public infra and security citywide in HK/SG. Authoritarian system is fine if it ensures collective welfare
