Pele Quotes

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Pele

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 23, 1940

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.

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No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.

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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.

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All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.

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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.'

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Everything is practice.

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Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The bicycle kick is not easy to do.

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Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.

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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.

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Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever.

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When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.

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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.

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If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.

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Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

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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.

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Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.

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