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" A penalty is a cowardly way to score. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" To be a striker you need to be in good shape. "

" 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. "

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

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

" The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Everything is practice. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully. "