00:00To the Portuguese,
00:01I came the day to go to the 7th of all of us.
00:05I never felt like I was exclusively mine,
00:09but for 23 years I had the privilege and responsibility to be dressed,
00:13to be defended and to be able to go to the stadium in the world.
00:18Today is the time to give it to the future.
00:22It was not a easy decision,
00:24because there are decisions that are not only with the head,
00:27but also with the heart.
00:30I ended up a journey that began in August of 2003
00:33and changed my life for forever.
00:36When I look back and think about everything that I lived in the stadium,
00:39I don't see just games, goals, records or trophies.
00:43I see people.
00:45I see immigrants who, during 90 minutes,
00:47felt Portugal a little closer.
00:50I see millions of Portuguese people who never met me personally,
00:53but who made me part of my life.
00:55Because, in the end of all,
00:57football is much bigger than a game.
01:00Football is people.
01:03During my career in the stadium,
01:05I tried to overcome my limits.
01:07I wanted to win,
01:08I wanted to be the best,
01:09I wanted to make history.
01:10I always wanted to myself.
01:13I always wanted to myself.
01:14I always wanted to myself.
01:15I always wanted to get more.
01:16And I gave everything I had for this camisola.
01:19There were days and noites perfects.
01:21There were victories that I will never forget.
01:24There were victories that I will never forget.
01:27There were victories that I still remember.
01:28I also failed.
01:28I also suffered.
01:29I also suffered.
01:30There were moments in which I could not be able to give
01:32to the Portuguese what I wanted.
01:34But I never did.
01:36And above all,
01:37I never left to feel pride for representing Portugal.
01:40During these years, I learned very simple things.
01:42When I was born,
01:44I was born in museums,
01:46I was born in museums,
01:46I ended up being beaten.
01:48But there is something that time never can be able to pay.
01:50The place that we are in the hearts of people.
01:53If I once made me happy,
01:55if I once made me happy,
01:57if I once made me happy,
01:57I once made me happy,
01:58I forgot my pride in our country,
02:02then everything was worth a pena.
02:04Because being Portuguese is also that.
02:07We are together.
02:08We are together.
02:09We are together.
02:10We are together.
02:13We are together.
02:14We are together.
02:15We are together.
02:16We are together.
02:17We are together.
02:18We are together.
02:20We are together.
02:20We are together.
02:21We are together.
02:24We are together.
02:24We are together.
02:25We are together.
02:26We are together.
02:27We are together.
02:29We are together.
02:29We are together.
02:31We are together.
02:31We are together.
02:33We are together.
02:33We are together.
02:34We are together.
02:34We are together.
02:34We are together.
02:36We are together.
02:38We are together.
02:39and by the time we celebrate together and by the victory that we became stronger.
02:43I have the privilege of being your captain.
02:46But no captain, I walk alone.
02:48And you are part of my story.
02:51To all the trainers, doctors, doctors, doctors, officers,
02:56and so many people who work with me along these years,
02:59I am a thank you.
03:01Many of you never appeared in photographs,
03:03but without you, none of these photographs would have been possible.
03:08To my family, thank you for sharing with me this dream.
03:13Thank you for understanding the ausences, the sacrifices
03:15and the moments in which the selección
03:17had to occupy a space that also belonged to you.
03:20If I came too far, it was because we were always in hand.
03:24And to the Portuguese,
03:25to all the Portuguese spread out by the world,
03:28I want to tell you one last thing.
03:30There is a image that always brings me to you.
03:32The moment in which starts the national anthem.
03:34I look at my surroundings, I see my companions,
03:38I see my parents, I see my parents,
03:40I see my parents, I see my parents,
03:41I see my parents, I see my parents,
03:42I see my Portuguese,
03:42I see them from so far just to be there.
03:45And during those minutes, we stopped to be different.
03:49There are no clubs, there are no colors,
03:52there are no classes, there are no professions,
03:55there are no opinions.
03:56There is only a passion.
03:58Portugal.
04:01It is the sentiment that I live with me for the rest of my life.
04:04Today, I finish my walk in the field with the national selección.
04:08I'm tired of my mind,
04:09with pride in the way that I did,
04:10and with the conscience that I did everything I had for Portugal.
04:15But I never will be one of you.
04:17I will be one of you.
04:18I will be one of you.
04:29I will be one of you,
04:31Thank you for these 23 years.
04:33Thank you for having me.
04:36Thank you for letting me live a dream
04:38that I had only a boy in the Madeira
04:41in a race.
04:42One, a attack by a ball.
04:43A camisola sette fica.
04:46I will be the pride of being my vestido
04:48forever.
04:49Portugal will always be in me.
04:52And again,
04:54Christian Ronaldo.
04:55Oh, God.
