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Yes, Ronaldinho is bigger than me. Exactly 4 centimeters.

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Pele
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 23
Actor
Association Football Player
Athlete
Film Actor
Politician
San Mateo
California
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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Football is the only sport where you put people together, it doesn't matter if you are rich, or poor, or black, or white. It is one nation. This is the beauty of football.
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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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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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If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
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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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No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.
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The bicycle kick is not easy to do.
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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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Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
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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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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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Most important is be a good man.
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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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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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Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.
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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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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.
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He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy. (on Ronaldinho)
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There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.
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