Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who is considered currently one of the greatest soccer players in the world still has his mother living with him.
Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and Ronaldo’s father, Jose diniz Aveiro, raised the footballer and his siblings in the Funchal parish of Santo Antonio in Portugal.
A journalist asks the current Manchester United and Portuguese star: “Why does your mother still live with you? Why don’t you build her a house?”
Ronaldo replies: “My mother raised me and she dedicated her life for me. She would go to sleep hungry, just to let me eat. We had no money at all.
She worked 7 days a week and nights as a maid to buy my first shoes so I could be a player. All my success is dedicated to her and because of her and as long as she has a life, she will always be by my side, she has everything I can give.
She is my refuge and my greatest gift.”