I'm sure C. Ronaldo isn't dumb but during the last couple of interview a pattern has emerged for me. Everytime C. Ronaldo talk he talks in a manner where he is trying to sound smart but it just make him sound dumb to me.
During the whole interview with Piers Morgan I keep hearing the same thing, C. Ronaldo answered with long and rambling sentences that he could just have said "Yes" or "No" to and waited for a follow up question from P. Morgan.
And this paragraph in OP title, it's like he doesn't understand the word "timing" so he throws it in everywhere to try to show that he understands the word.
It's really strange to me, but it might just be that I'm to dumb to understand.