Occupation: Soccer Player Birth: October 23, 1940
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but….
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 the world, Messi.He is….
Always when I come to the field, I try to do my best for other people..
It was with a homosexual, I was barely 14 years old. But let's be fair, I wasn't the only one who did it. He was a man in Bauru that all our team vis….
Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to kick. They sho….
A penalty is a cowardly way to score..
Football is the only sport where you put people together, it doesn't matter if you are rich, or poor, or black, or white. It is one nation. This is t….
Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend Pelé has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without ….
Considerable research on successful soccer players and their developmental history, affirms that a good percentage of them have spent time in isolati….
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 toug….
Nelson Mandela was one of the most influential people in my life. He was my hero, my friend, and also a companion to me in our fight for the people a….
The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet..
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….
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..