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I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
Pele
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Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
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California
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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Yes, Ronaldinho is bigger than me. Exactly 4 centimeters.
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The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
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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.
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Most important is be a good man.
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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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Brazil, always they buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football.
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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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The bicycle kick is not easy to do.
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When football stars disappear, so do the teams, and that is a very curious phenomenon. It is like in the theatre, in a play, where there is a great star. If the star is not well, the whole cast suffers.
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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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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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Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths.
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Everything is practice.
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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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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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Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.
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People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory.
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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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I want to do my best to make the people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.
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A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
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