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" No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer. "
Pele
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" 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. "
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Law
" Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football! "
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Drinks
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" Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever. "
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Ever
" 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
" 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. "
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Team
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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. "
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Know
Lie
Night
" 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. "
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My Life
Life
" 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. "
Pele
Mexico
Want
Play
" 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. "
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Name
Family
Football
" All my life I thank God. My family was very religious. "
Pele
My Life
Family
God
" 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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Moments
Power
Trust
" 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. "
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Way
Test
Measure
" 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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Injuries
Life
Accept
" The bicycle kick is not easy to do. "
Pele
Bicycle
Easy
Kick
" 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 on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we? "
Pele
Earth
Game
Dead
" The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world. "
Pele
World
Top
Level
" Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. "
Pele
Enthusiasm
Like
Guitar
" If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them. "
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Them
People
Education
" To be a striker you need to be in good shape. "
Pele
Good Shape
Good
Need
" Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully. "
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Just
Yes
Lot
" The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks. "
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Goals
Two
Bicycle
" 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. "
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Young
Want
Father
" When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things. "
Pele
Young
Stupid
Things
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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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Responsibility
Family
Football
" 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. "
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Remember
World
Father