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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.
Pele
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Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
Actor
Association Football Player
Athlete
Film Actor
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San Mateo
California
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
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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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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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The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
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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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I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
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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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Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
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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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I played futsal growing up in Baurd. In futsal you need to think quick and play quick so its easier for you when you move to normal football.
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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 don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player
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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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Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.
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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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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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