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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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" 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. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world. "

" 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. "

" A penalty is a cowardly way to score. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" The bicycle kick is not easy to do. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

Pele

Enthusiasm

Guitar

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

" Everything is practice. "

Pele

Everything

Practice

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

Pele

Soccer

Money

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "