Brazilian - Athlete | October 23, 1940 -
Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we?
Pele
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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.
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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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A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
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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.
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Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
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All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.
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