40 Flamengo phrases for those who are proud to be red and black

I love Flamengo as if it were a piece of the land where I was born.

Jose Lins do Rego

If Euclides da Cunha had been alive, he would have preferred Flamengo to Canudos to tell the story of the Brazilian people.

Nelson Rodrigues

The guy who is not at least one day Flamengo has not lived. Flamengo is a force of nature. When Flamengo sneezes, it’s Brazilian football that gets a cold.

Nelson Rodrigues

Every Brazilian is a little red-black.

Flamengo’s 100th anniversary has a more emotional significance than the 100th anniversary of any other Brazilian institution. For me and, I believe, for millions of other people, the national flag is red and black.

Muniz Viana

Anyone who once experienced the emotion of being Flamengo will never experience another one that matches it!

Lucia Verissimo

All are born Flamengo, some degenerate.

Look, I was born… I often say that and people laugh, but it’s a reality. When the midwife hit my butt I yelled: Mengooo! There’s no way.

Dida

Really, in my vein runs red and black blood.

Zico

Every Brazilian living or dead has been Flamengo for a moment, for a day.

Nelson Rodrigues