Duncan Quote by Tommy Docherty

Pele was the best of his era, Diego Maradona was the Pele of the Eighties, and Ronaldinho is the Pele of our time.

— Cafu

The best of all was Pele, who is a mixture of Di Stefano, Maradona, Cruyff and Leo Messi.

— Osvaldo Ardiles

Maradona was absolutely the best player I ever played with.

— Mario Kempes

The best player ever? Pele.

— Alfredo Di Stefano

Pele is the greatest player in football history, and there would only be one Pele in the world.

— Anonymous

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

— George Best

I am not Pele or Maradona

— Robbie Savage

I'm a Pele fan from way back when I was a kid, and then there was always this thing later about Pele and Maradona.…

— Alex Ferguson

Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else.

— Adriano Galliani

For 20 years they have asked me the same question, who is the greatest? Pele or Maradona? I replay that all you have to…

— Pele

When I was making myself known I learnt a lot from him. I definitely regard him as the greatest, although it's difficult to say…

— Gianfranco Zola

Pele has all the qualities and characteristic that a football player has to have.

— Zico