--- title: "1 Players Tough Quotes By Pelé" description: "1 Players Tough quotes by Pelé. Plus more from Pelé and more Players Tough sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/pel-6980_difficult_when-you-play-against-dirty-players-or-v_2743661.png" --- > [When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/when-you-play-against-dirty-players-or-very-tough-players-it-s-easy/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/pel-6980_difficult_when-you-play-against-dirty-players-or-v_2743661.png) ## More by Pelé > [“People argue between Pele or Maradona. Di Stéfano is the best, much more complete.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/people-argue-between-pele-or-maradona-di-st-fano-is-the-best-much/) [Pelé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [We're not great friends, but I admire him. If he thinks he's the best player of the century, that's his problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/we-re-not-great-friends-but-i-admire-him-if-he-thinks-he-s-the-best/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/i-sometimes-lie-awake-at-night-and-wonder-why-i-am-still-so-popular/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/when-i-was-playing-they-said-soccer-was-a-man-s-world-and-women/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [When football stars disappear, so do the teams, and that is a very curious phenomenon. It is like in the theatre, in a play,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/when-football-stars-disappear-so-do-the-teams-and-that-is-a-very/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [I treat everybody the same. You know I love to be with people: the youngsters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/i-treat-everybody-the-same-you-know-i-love-to-be-with-people-the/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/enthusiasm-is-everything-it-must-be-taut-and-vibrating-like-a-guitar/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/the-bicycle-kick-is-not-easy-to-do-i-scored-1-283-goals-and-only-two/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/lionel-messi-is-a-wonderful-player-very-skillful-highly-intelligent/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/everybody-knows-my-life-i-won-a-lot-of-tournaments-and-scored-more/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/if-i-pass-away-one-day-i-am-happy-because-i-tried-to-do-my-best-my/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/sport-is-something-that-is-very-inspirational-for-young-people/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [Love is more important than what we can take...Please say with me three times-Love! Love! Love!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/love-is-more-important-than-what-we-can-take-please-say-with-me-three/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/pele-doesn-t-die-pele-will-never-die-pele-is-going-to-go-on-for-ever/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) > [George Best was the greatest player in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/george-best-was-the-greatest-player-in-the-world/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/players-tough/pel/#itemlist", "name": "1 Players Tough Quotes By Pelé", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. 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