Quotes by Eusebio - Page 1

Football is a universal language.
Eusebio / Football Player
Universal Language
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I did everything, except win a World Cup.
Eusebio / Football Player
World Cup
World Win Everything
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After Benfica, Manchester is very close to my heart.
Eusebio / Football Player
Manchester
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I was the best player in the world, top scorer in the world and Europe.
Eusebio / Football Player
Scorer
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I am a happy man. I am no longer out on the pitch but I still live in the football world.
Eusebio / Football Player
Happy Man
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There's Pele the man, and then Pele the player. And to play like Pele is to play like God.
Eusebio / Football Player
Men
Play
Player
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I'm proud to say I've done something for the good of football. I don't compare myself to anyone.
Eusebio / Football Player
Compare
Good Myself Football
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Even away from the pitch, I commit every day of my life to promoting the greatest sport on earth.
Eusebio / Football Player
Commit
Promoting
Life Day My Life
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I think 1GOAL is so important. I'm proud that we could make education for all the legacy of Africa's first World Cup.
Eusebio / Football Player
Legacy
World Cup
First World
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The 1966 World Cup was the high point of my career. We may have lost the semi-final, but Portuguese football was a big winner.
Eusebio / Football Player
Portuguese
Winner
World Cup
High Point
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I'm happy for the modern-day player who signs his contract and makes lots of money. The players of my era helped make that possible.
Eusebio / Football Player
Modern Day
Contract
Signs
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I'd visited South Africa even before I started playing for Portugal, because I used to come here with my brother when I was still a kid.
Eusebio / Football Player
Portugal
South Africa
Visited
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Football hasn't got better, it has just evolved, from the ball to the boots to the shirts to the training methods - everything around them.
Eusebio / Football Player
Boots
Shirts
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My time at Monterrey was phenomenal, fantastic. It was an experience that was magnificent from the start due to the way people received me.
Eusebio / Football Player
Magnificent
Phenomenal
Time Experience Me
Received
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Whenever I went to England I always see the man inside George Best. I knew that George - not the famous person with his troubles on the outside.
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Famous Person
Troubles
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Benfica against Manchester United is very special for me. Benfica is my real club but Manchester United is my English club. We are together in history.
Eusebio / Football Player
Manchester
Manchester United
History Together Me
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All of the successes achieved throughout my career and contacts with the fans have made me aware of my responsibility to act as an example in the world of football.
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Achieved
Contacts
Successes
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Mourinho knows me! He sat in my lap as a little boy, and wanted his photograph taken with me. I knew his father and so I bounced little Jose on my knee. He always looked up to me.
Eusebio / Football Player
Photograph
Father Me Always
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I have many good 'souvenirs.' I remember when I was 19 and we beat Madrid 5-3 and I won my first European Cup. Also, in 1965, when I won the Golden Ball for the best player in Europe.
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Golden
Madrid
Remember When
Best Good Remember
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Ronaldo has nothing to prove to anyone, he has proved his talent by being the top scorer in England. He has proved it by winning the Premier League, by winning the Champions League, with Manchester United.
Eusebio / Football Player
Champions League
Manchester
Manchester United
Premier League
Champions
Premier
Proved
Scorer
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In Scotland, I have to say I'm more fond of Glasgow Rangers - not celtc - and there is a great player who played for them, who is still alive today, Willie Henderson. I met up with him recently when Benfica played celtc again.
Eusebio / Football Player
Live For Today
Player
Scotland
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When my colleagues were back at home eating I'd still be practising and Ronaldo is the same, a real hard worker. I'm not a Barcelona fan but I very much admire Lionel Messi. I haven't seen him train. I know Ronaldo a lot better.
Eusebio / Football Player
Barcelona
Colleagues
Hard Worker
Messi
Worker
Lionel
Practising
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There was one player who was better than Pele. It was Garrincha. He had one leg crooked, the other one straight, normal. How did he do all those things with such difficulties? He was a paralytic! And the way he played! Much better than us all!
Eusebio / Football Player
Crooked
Difficulties
Pele
Leg
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When we played Real Madrid and won 5-3 it was soaking wet and the ball ended up weighing a kilo. It didn't have a brand. Consider the boots; there was no personalised footwear. Back then we made money, but we played for the love, it was all heart.
Eusebio / Football Player
Boots
Footwear
Madrid
Real Madrid
Soaking
Weighing
Wet
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Not many people know this but my team in England is Manchester United. Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, George Best, all great players. We created a bond when we played each other and I still speak to Bob from time to time, though I can't get used to calling him 'Sir Bobby.'
Eusebio / Football Player
Manchester
Manchester United
Time Best Great
Bobby
Bond
Charlton
Best Time Great
From Time To Time
Sir
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Pele played in an era which had so many great players and in that atmosphere he stood out above the others. He was the complete player in every aspect as well as being a kind human being. Cristiano Ronaldo is young yet, and has many years ahead of himself. But as of now, I do not see anyone who can compare with Pele.
Eusebio / Football Player
Cristiano Ronaldo
Player
Years
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When I was 15, Juventus of Italy, wanted to hire me because one of their scouts, who had been a famous Italian goalkeeper for them, saw me and told them that there was a boy with a potential, that it would be good to take advantage while I was still unknown. Juventus proposed but my mum never wanted to hear anything from anyone.
Eusebio / Football Player
Unknown
Good Famous Me
Goalkeeper
Hire
Italy
Proposed
Scouts
Take Advantage
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