“Football is the ultimate in team sport. And no individual can win a game by himself. Pelé is a famous name, but Pelé made his goals because another player passed to him at the proper time.”Tagged: Football, soccer, Team Sports, individuals, Teamwork
“P is for Pelé. The greatest footballer of all time.”Tagged: Arrogance, Football, soccer, The Greatest
“I have a very good family that supports me when I need it. I’ve always been in football, which I love, and then with the public, which I love too. Of course, I had to change my life a little bit and lose some privacy. But my personality grew into it through the years.”Tagged: Family, support, soccer, Football, Privacy
“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.”Tagged: Doing Your Best, soccer, Football
“Of course the work is very, very important. That is exactly what my father meant: God gave you the gift to play football, but this is a present. 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 there…”Tagged: Football, soccer, God, gifts, Gift From God
“I used to tease the other kids because I played better than them. Then my father said, Come here. Don’t do this with the kids, because God gave you the gift to play football. You didn’t do anything. This was a present from God. You have to respect people, because it is important to be a good man, a…”Tagged: teasing, bullying, God, Football, soccer
“The reason it was nicknamed ginga was that normally, when we'd play against a European team—now it's changed a bit—but back then, the European teams were very tough and physical. They were big, and defensively solid. Even the English, who invented football, were like that starting out. There were…”Tagged: Ginga, soccer, Football, english, Brazil
“From my point of view, what's beautiful in the sport is something you don't need to know too much about tactics or anything to see. If you find something beautiful, you don't need to be an expert to know it. It's like ballet.”Tagged: Beautiful, soccer, Football, Ballet
“The reason the sport has grown so big, I think, is that it's not only for rich people. It's not just for big people—size doesn't exclude people. Everyone can participate. That's why it's become so popular worldwide. You don't need to have any special quality in particular to play.”Tagged: Football, soccer, size
“Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world. It is the biggest family in the world is the football. The same passion you have here in Turkey, we have in Brazil, they have in Russia, they have in Germany, they have... you know football is the only sport where you put people together, you…”Tagged: Football, soccer, Turkey, Brazil, Germany
“The biggest family in the world today is football, because football has more associate—and FIFA, for example—has more associates than UNESCO. Then it becomes a big family.”Tagged: FIFA, UNESCO, Football, soccer, Family
“I cried watching that game and not just because of the score. I cried because I do not know what happened to the joy of Brazilian football.”Tagged: Crying, soccer, Brazil, Football, Joy
“Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pelé. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.”Tagged: soccer, kids, Responsibility, manhood