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Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.
Pele
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Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
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Association Football Player
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Film Actor
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San Mateo
California
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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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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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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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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George Best was the greatest player in the world.
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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 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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I want to do my best to make the people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.
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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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Yes, Ronaldinho is bigger than me. Exactly 4 centimeters.
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To be a striker you need to be in good shape.
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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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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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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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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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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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I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.
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Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
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Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world.
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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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Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
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