We get one opportunity a week, three hours a week, to put that whole week of preparation and game-planning and therapy and conditioning, it all shows up in that one three-hour period. That really heightens how important every single play and everything we do—we could have great practices on Wednesda…
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The big thing I’d say we look for, which would try to differentiate the players for us, are players with passion; guys that really love football. As we all know from our jobs, if you love what you’re doing you don’t feel like you’re working. If you don’t like what you’re doing, then every step of th…
There is nothing more important to a coach than a healthy team.
We have found that players like communicating via their digital devices. So with the help of our technology partner, we came up with an app that allows us to send short clips of analysis to individual players or groups of players from different parts of the team. Every player gets a couple of exampl…
We want to win the trophy, at all cost, of course. But anything can happen in semifinal or a final. You can be at your best and still lose. Or you can win with a bit of luck. The difference between the teams is so small.
Every time you talk with fans, almost all of them will say the final in Istanbul was the greatest Champions League final of all time, so to have been involved in that—and to have won the game—is very special.
We had a very good team spirit, especially in the Champions League where we felt we could beat anyone, because we were able to adapt tactically and play like two different teams. The mentality was also good, and if you look at the final again you will see what I mean when I talk about the spirit.
As a player, that's not your responsibility to comment and to give your opinion on another player. As a quarterback, I don't want another quarterback tweeting about my performance or judging me in that way.
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…
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.
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 so…
— Pele, esquire.com
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.
— Pele, esquire.com
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.
— Pele, esquire.com
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
P is for Pelé. The greatest footballer of all time.
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.