Leonard Lubambula

Anderson on his time with Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United: Anderson & Rio Ferdinand 🗣️ Rio Ferdinand: "You signed for Manchester United and you had the same agent?" Anderson: "The same Jorge Mendes, yes." Rio Ferdinand: "And then when you're there, Cristiano says, 'You can come and live with me to help you'?" Anderson: "Yes, he took me in. It was me and Nani inside his house." Rio Ferdinand: "You and Nani lived with him? Yes, I remember that." Anderson: "I remember it because he took us in like brothers. That guy looked after us. He looked after us." Rio Ferdinand: "Wait, he was cooking... he was cooking for you?" Anderson: "He cooked... he cooked for me!" (Both laugh) "He looked after us so well. I have to say thank you." Rio Ferdinand: "But he was young as well! He was 20, he..." Anderson: "He bought the food, and you had to help at the supermarket. He'd say, 'Come on, yeah.' He needed help buying..." Rio Ferdinand: "So you used to go to the supermarket?" Anderson: "Yes, yes. I had to go. So me and Nani... one week you have to pay for the supermarket and then another week... because we were living free in his house. He was bringing us to the training ground every day. Come on, Rio..." Rio Ferdinand: "Did you give money for petrol or not?" Anderson: "No, no. No!" (Both laugh) "At that time, Cristiano Ronaldo was much bigger than us. That guy looked after us so much. Not just him — you, Evra, everyone." Rio Ferdinand: "Nani, Ando, Cristiano... always arguing. I remember in the changing room after training or before, I would hear you shouting. And I'd go, 'This is aggressive, what's happening?' Then one of you would go, 'Rio, what about this?' And I'd answer, and one of you would go, 'See! I told you! I told you!'" (Laughs) Anderson: "Because Ronaldo doesn't like to lose." Rio Ferdinand: "Yeah, Ronaldo doesn't like to lose." Anderson: "Yeah, Ronaldo doesn't like to lose. Remember when we played ping pong — him, me, Nani... 'Come on, Rio, come on!' He's mad! He wouldn't talk to us for two days, bro. Two days he wouldn't talk to me. Some people don't believe it, but I used to smash him sometimes. Did I smash him? Yeah." Rio Ferdinand: "Sometimes. Ronaldo played very well." Anderson: "Yes, he's good." Rio Ferdinand: "He's the best player in the group, but when you win..." Anderson: "We'd go crazy, we'd go crazy. We'd start to fight. He wouldn't talk to me for one day, bro. Is that Ronaldo?" (Both laugh) "What the f***. Because he called me Vivinho. He didn't call me Ando. Ronaldo called me Vivinho, I called him Costaleta. I'd say, 'What's happening, Costaleta?' Vivinho... you know how it is."

Mike Tyson on discipline: "The best way to receive discipline is to do what you hate to do, but do it like you love it. You do that, that's discipline."