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I love people. I wanted to be with the people. I wanted to give something back what I get from football, because God gave everything to me.
Pele / Soccer Player
Football
Giving
People
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The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO.
Pele / Soccer Player
Example
Fifa
Football
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I played futsal growing up in Baurd. In futsal you need to think quick and play quick so its easier for you when you move to normal football.
Pele / Soccer Player
Football
Growing Up
Moving
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Ronaldo has come through for the past two or three years and is the best in Europe. I think at the moment no doubt Ronaldo is the best player.
Pele / Soccer Player
Past
Player
Thinking
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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.
Pele / Soccer Player
Happy
Sports
One Day
Passing Away
Best World I Am
Allowed
Away
Biggest
Sport
Pass
Tried
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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.
Pele / Soccer Player
Cups
Games
Goal
Olympic Games
Play
Three
Tournaments
Won
Olympic
World Cups
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I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God.
Pele / Soccer Player
Trust
Moments
God Power Believe
Explain
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Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
Pele / Soccer Player
Learning
Success
Work
Hard
Hard Work
Perseverance
Sacrifice
Most
Love Success Work
Love Work Learning
Accident
Doing
You
Studying
Success Is
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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.
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Crazy
Football
Mean
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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 visited.
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Men
Soccer
Team
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When I was playing, they said soccer was a man's world and women should remain on the sidelines, all I can say is I'm glad I never had to go up against Mia Hamm
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Men
Mia
Soccer
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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 you're the best.
Pele / Soccer Player
Complicated
Cups
Games
Seven
Six
World Cup
Best World Game
Cup
Best Game World
Lose
Maybe
Tournament
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At 17, I already had responsibility because I took care of my family, but in the football I was young; I wasn't experienced or the captain - I was just in the team.
Pele / Soccer Player
Football
Responsibility
Team
Captain
Experienced
Took
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When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don't know who your friends are. It can be a dangerous place.
Pele / Soccer Player
Footballer
Footballers
Dangerous Place
Surrounded
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Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.
Pele / Soccer Player
Eight
Father
Nine
Player
Soccer
Ten
Used
Young
Course
Old
Ten Years
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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 him. (on Freddy Adu)
Pele / Soccer Player
Feet
Play
Soccer
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I've come to accept that the life of a frontrunner is a hard one, that he will suffer more injuries than most men and that many of these injuries will not be accidental.
Pele / Soccer Player
Men
Reality
Suffering
Accept
Accidental
Injuries
Suffer
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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 the beauty of football.
Pele / Soccer Player
Sports
Football
White
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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 how to be like a man.
Pele / Soccer Player
Motivational
Sports
Soccer
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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 kicking the ball.
Pele / Soccer Player
Respect
Beach
Hard Work
Player
Train
Training
Used
Work Respect People
Ball
Players
Shape
Work Hard
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Everyone talks about the forwards, the players when they are scoring goals. But sometimes I look for the complete player not just the players who score but those who can pass.
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Goal
Looks
Player
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When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after 18 years I want to rest, because I want to retire.
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England
Europe
Mexico
Retired
Spain
Retire
Rest
Italy
Proposals
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Considerable research on successful soccer players and their developmental history, affirms that a good percentage of them have spent time in isolation, working on soccer skills.
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Player
Soccer
Successful
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A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit.
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Football
Games
Teamwork
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The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying.
Pele / Soccer Player
Brazil
Father
Lost
Party
Player
Remember
Soccer
World Cup
Years
Crying
Old
First World
Saw
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I was really proud that I was named after Thomas Edison and wanted to be called Edson. I thought Pele sounded horrible. It was a rubbish name. Edson sounded so much more serious and important.
Pele / Soccer Player
Horrible
Proud
Rubbish
Serious
Named
Edison
Pele
Thomas
Thomas Edison
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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 tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult.
Pele / Soccer Player
Difficult
Dirty
Easy
Intelligent
Player
Tough
Against
Escape
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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 star. If the star is not well, the whole cast suffers.
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Football
Soccer
Stars
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For 20 years they have asked me the same question, who is the greatest? Pele or Maradona? I replay that all you have to do is look at the facts - how many goals did he score with his right foot or with his head?
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Feet
Goal
Years
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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 should be taught to caress it and to treat it like a precious gem.
Pele / Soccer Player
Football
Player
Thinking
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I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player
Pele / Soccer Player
Believe
Player
Soccer
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In 1962, my injury wasn't because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn't have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I'd played two games.
Pele / Soccer Player
Accepting
Brazil
Difficulty
Games
Injury
Medal
Violence
Played
Ball
Won
Ok
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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 and for world peace. Let us all continue his legacy with purpose and passion.
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Fighting
Hero
Passion
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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 player Pele. I didn't want the name. 'Pele' sounds like baby-talk in Portuguese.
Pele / Soccer Player
Baby
Football
Football Player
Fun
Persons
Portuguese
Friends And Family
Pele
Learnt
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When I was minister of sport in Brazil, I tried to bring in a law that would make the chairmen of clubs reveal their accounts like other businesses. It was turned down, but I think it is an important story that will make a good film.
Pele / Soccer Player
Accounts
Brazil
Clubs
Film
Good Law Important
Bring
Businesses
Sport
Good Film
Minister
Reveal
Story
Tried
Turned
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I played for Santos at 16, and we had an excellent team, so it helped a lot. And then I played for Brazil at the Maracana against Argentina. So I get more experience. This was one year before the World Cup, and it made a lot of difference.
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Argentina
Brazil
World Cup
Played
Cup
Difference
Helped
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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 a very good player with great quality and a great future.I have no doubt. For me, Neymar is a genius.
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Doubt
Player
Team
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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 continued to work with UNICEF. I did a lot of work with UNESCO. We did a lot of charity programme and games.
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Communication
Games
Soccer
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I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'
Pele / Soccer Player
Health
Be Prepared
Care
Father
Football
Philosophy
Prepared
Take Care
Used
Time God Good
Listen
Gift
Gave
Good Shape
Got
Play Football
Stop
Shape
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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 can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.
Pele / Soccer Player
Confidence
Great
Colleagues
Guy
Important
Player
Team
Thinking
Because
Very
Lot
Does
Becomes
He
Them
Encourage
Field
Forward
Give
Great Player
His
Leaders
Well
Scores
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I think I've always had the shots. But in the past, I've suffered too many mental lapses. Now, I'm starting to get away from that and my mental discipline and commitment to the game are much better. I think I'm really taking a good look at the big picture. That's the difference between being around for the final or watching the final from my sofa at home.
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Inspirational
Home
Sports
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How much soccer training is it needed to become a top player? It depends on the efficiency of your training routine. Setting long and short-term goals is a must. When planning out a soccer training regime, one must strive for realistic and consistent program that will diminish specific weaknesses. Broad versatility of soccer skills is the Nirvana of every dedicated trainee.
Pele / Soccer Player
Player
Skills
Soccer
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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 to be the best political, only the stars. But I think sometime the life give you opportunity, and long to be a big star, but you don't need to be a big star, you need to be beautiful, excellent man. Human being. This is the first.
Pele / Soccer Player
Beautiful
Football
Stars
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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 proper soccer training a player will never reach his full potential. It is true that great speed would benefit someone who plays as a winger but would not be as useful for a goalkeeper. The greatest advantage of soccer is that it is not as discriminating as basketball or volleyball. There are no limitations when it comes to physique and it all comes down to individual soccer skills.
Pele / Soccer Player
Volleyball
Basketball
Soccer
Stars
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