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There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.

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Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
Actor
Association Football Player
Athlete
Film Actor
Politician
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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Neymar is undoubtedly the best player in Brazil. He deserves to play in the best team in the world next to the best player in the world, Messi.He is a very good player with great quality and a great future.I have no doubt. For me, Neymar is a genius.
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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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Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
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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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A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit.
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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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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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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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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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Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world.
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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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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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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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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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Ronaldo has come through for the past two or three years and is the best in Europe. I think at the moment no doubt Ronaldo is the best player.
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George Best was the greatest player in the world.
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Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to kick. They should be taught to caress it and to treat it like a precious gem.
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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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