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" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" A penalty is a cowardly way to score. "

" 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. "