Pele Quotes

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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…
• Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we?
• Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
• If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
• Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
• I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've…
• The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.
• I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
• The bicycle kick is not easy to do.
• No individual can win a game by himself.
• A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays…
• The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
• If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it.
• I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments…
• Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.
• When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.
• When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after…
• The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks.
• All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.
• I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go, I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people.

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