Occupation: Soccer Player Birth: October 23, 1940
The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose one game you're out, even if yo….
I think the kids always they look forward to be always the big stars. Not only football, any profession. They want to be the best, singer, they want ….
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 play in Olympic Games..
Another reason why I am always close to the people, because the communication is very important. When I stopped to play soccer I continued to... I co….
Brazil is crazy about football. People, they wait for this moment, but this doesn't mean we are going to win the championship. That is the problem..
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 other is the football pla….
When football stars disappear, so do the teams, and that is a very curious phenomenon. It is like in the theatre, in a play, where there is a great s….
The bicycle kick is not easy to do..
The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet..
I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals..
Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola..
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 it's the biggest sport in the world..
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string..
His left foot is fantastic. It's like Mozart. God gave Freddy the gift to play soccer. If he is prepared mentally and physically, nobody will stop hi….
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 beach after training, I was ….
Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose..
If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them..
We're not great friends, but I admire him. If he thinks he's the best player of the century, that's his problem..
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 great player is a player who….
Yes, Ronaldinho is bigger than me. Exactly 4 centimeters..
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning..