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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.
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 penalty is a cowardly way to score.
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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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Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.
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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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I want to do my best to make the people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.
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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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I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.
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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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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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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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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 is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do
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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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No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.
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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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