Pele Quotes

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• I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.
• I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.
• No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.
• To be a striker you need to be in good shape.
• Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.
• Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully.
• A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a…
• 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…
• 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…
• The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose…
• If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much because…
• Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!
• 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…
• 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…
• Neymar is undoubtedly the best player in Brazil. He deserves to play in the best team in the world; next to the best player in…
• I've come to accept that the life of a frontrunner is a hard one, that he will suffer more injuries than most men and that…
• A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
• I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football.…
• The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
• 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…

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