- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pele Quotes
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything is practice.
- Penalty
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- Nov 07, 2020
A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don't know who your friends are. It can be a dangerous place.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we?
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bicycle kick is not easy to do.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose one game you're out, even if you're the best.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.
- Choose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a striker you need to be in good shape.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was minister of sport in Brazil, I tried to bring in a law that would make the chairmen of clubs reveal their accounts like other businesses. It was turned down, but I think it is an important story that will make a good film.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1962, my injury wasn't because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn't have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I'd played two games.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.
- Stupid
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.
- Rest
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after 18 years I want to rest, because I want to retire.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 17, I already had responsibility because I took care of my family, but in the football I was young; I wasn't experienced or the captain - I was just in the team.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was really proud that I was named after Thomas Edison and wanted to be called Edson. I thought Pele sounded horrible. It was a rubbish name. Edson sounded so much more serious and important.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020