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Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pelé. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.
Pelé
I've come to accept that the life of a frontrunner is a hard one, that he will suffer more injuries than most men and that many of these injuries will not be accidental.
Pelé
I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.
Pelé
A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
Pelé
Over the years I've learnt to live with two persons in my heart. One is Edson, who has fun with his friends and family; the other is the football player Pele. I didn't want the name. ‘Pele' sounds like baby-talk in Portuguese.
Pelé
I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.
Pelé
Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play in Olympic Games.
Pelé
Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
Pelé
If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
Pelé
Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.
Pelé
You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.
Pelé
When you control the ball you control the score.
Pelé
Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we?
Pelé
To be a striker you need to be in good shape.
Pelé
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
Pelé
I was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music.
Pelé
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
Pelé
If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much because it's the biggest sport in the world.
Pelé
Football is the only sport where you put people together, it doesn't matter if you are rich, or poor, or black, or white. It is one nation. This is the beauty of football.
Pelé
Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever.
Pelé
Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!
Pelé
I think the kids always they look forward to be always the big stars. Not only football, any profession. They want to be the best, singer, they want to be the best political, only the stars. But I think sometime the life give you opportunity, and long to be a big star, but you don't need to be a big star, you need to be beautiful, excellent man. Human being. This is the first.
Pelé
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