The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of… — Pele Copy Share Image
The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world. — Pele Copy Share Image
I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people.… — Pele Copy Share Image
Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we? — Pele Copy Share Image
I think I've always had the shots. But in the past, I've suffered too many mental lapses. Now, I'm starting to get… — Pele Copy Share Image
I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player. — Pele Copy Share Image
There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you. — Pele Copy Share Image
“People argue between Pele or Maradona. Di Stéfano is the best, much more complete.” — Pelé Copy Share Image
We're not great friends, but I admire him. If he thinks he's the best player of the century, that's his problem. — Pele Copy Share Image
I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know. — Pele Copy Share Image
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… — Pele Copy Share Image
When football stars disappear, so do the teams, and that is a very curious phenomenon. It is like in the theatre, in a play,… — Pele Copy Share Image
I treat everybody the same. You know I love to be with people: the youngsters. — Pele Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. — Pele Copy Share Image
The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks. — Pele Copy Share Image
Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air. — Pele Copy Share Image
Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not… — Pele Copy Share Image
If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much… — Pele Copy Share Image
