Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.
Pele
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
Actor
Association Football Player
Athlete
Film Actor
Politician
San Mateo
California
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Pele
Popular
Honest
Wonder
Lying
Night
Stills
Still
Sometimes
Awake
More quotes by Pele
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.
Pele
Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully.
Pele
To be a striker you need to be in good shape.
Pele
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.
Pele
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.
Pele
I want to do my best to make the people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.
Pele
If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
Pele
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.
Pele
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.
Pele
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.
Pele
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.
Pele
Most important is be a good man.
Pele
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.
Pele
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.
Pele
There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.
Pele
The bicycle kick is not easy to do.
Pele
If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it.
Pele
Brazil, always they buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football.
Pele
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
Pele
Yes, Ronaldinho is bigger than me. Exactly 4 centimeters.
Pele
