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" All my life I thank God. My family was very religious. "
Pele
My Life
Family
God
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" Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people. "
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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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" 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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Success
" 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. "
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Trust
" A penalty is a cowardly way to score. "
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Way
Score
" To be a striker you need to be in good shape. "
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Need
" If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them. "
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Them
People
Education
" Edson is the person that supports Pele. Edson is the base. Pele just comes and adds the face. "
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Base
Supports
Person
" 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. "
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Go
World
People
" The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world. "
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World
Top
Level
" 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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Best
Game
You
" Brazil's always had great players, both at home and abroad, but we need to put all that talent together and mould a team out of it. "
Pele
Home
Talent
Team
" I played for Santos at 16, and we had an excellent team, so it helped a lot. And then I played for Brazil at the Maracana against Argentina. So I get more experience. This was one year before the World Cup, and it made a lot of difference. "
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Team
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" Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully. "
Pele
Just
Yes
Lot
" The bicycle kick is not easy to do. "
Pele
Bicycle
Easy
Kick
" Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. "
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Enthusiasm
Like
Guitar
" 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. "
Pele
Play
My Life
Life
" The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks. "
Pele
Goals
Two
Bicycle
" 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.' "
Pele
Health
Good
Father
" 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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Best
Happy
World
" 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. "
Pele
Team
I Am
Football
" Everything is practice. "
Pele
Everything
Practice
" 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. "
Pele
Training
Beach
People
" Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever. "
Pele
Die
Will
Ever
" 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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Know
Lie
Night
" Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football! "
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Brazil
Drinks
Football
" 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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Escape
Easy
Know
" I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart. "
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Think
Much
Good
" 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. "
Pele
Injuries
Life
Accept
" When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things. "
Pele
Young
Stupid
Things