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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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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" The bicycle kick is not easy to do. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "