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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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Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
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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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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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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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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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Most important is be a good man.
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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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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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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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The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
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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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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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No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.
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A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
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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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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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Yes, Ronaldinho is bigger than me. Exactly 4 centimeters.
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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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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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Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world.
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