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A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
Pele
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Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
Actor
Association Football Player
Athlete
Film Actor
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San Mateo
California
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy. (on Ronaldinho)
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I love people. I wanted to be with the people. I wanted to give something back what I get from football, because God gave everything to me.
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I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player
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Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we?
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If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it.
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Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.
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There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.
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To be a striker you need to be in good shape.
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Brazil, always they buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football.
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I want to do my best to make the people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.
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Football is the only sport where you put people together, it doesn't matter if you are rich, or poor, or black, or white. It is one nation. This is the beauty of football.
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I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.
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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.
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If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
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When I was playing, they said soccer was a man's world and women should remain on the sidelines, all I can say is I'm glad I never had to go up against Mia Hamm
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Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
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The bicycle kick is not easy to do.
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I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
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Everyone talks about the forwards, the players when they are scoring goals. But sometimes I look for the complete player not just the players who score but those who can pass.
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His left foot is fantastic. It's like Mozart. God gave Freddy the gift to play soccer. If he is prepared mentally and physically, nobody will stop him. (on Freddy Adu)
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