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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: 83
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
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Film Actor
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San Mateo
California
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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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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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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Most important is be a good man.
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The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
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Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
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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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George Best was the greatest player in the world.
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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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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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To be a striker you need to be in good shape.
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Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world.
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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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Brazil is crazy about football. People, they wait for this moment, but this doesn't mean we are going to win the championship. That is the problem.
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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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Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.
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I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.
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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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No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.
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