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

" 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. "

" A penalty is a cowardly way to score. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Edson is the person that supports Pele. Edson is the base. Pele just comes and adds the face. "

" Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. "

" 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. "

" Everything is practice. "

" Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we? "

" 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 always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player. "

" 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. "

" I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people. "

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