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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.
Pele
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Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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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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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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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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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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Brazil, always they buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football.
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If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
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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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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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