Pele Quotes

I think he'll reach 1000 goals, but he'll never overtake my total.

Brazil, always buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football.

I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.

The bicycle kick is not easy to do.

I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.

I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.

The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.

We're not great friends, but I admire him. If he thinks he's the best player of the century, that's his problem.

People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory.

Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully.

I treat everybody the same. You know I love to be with people: the youngsters.

Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world.

Sport is very inspirational for young people.

Always when I come to the field, I try to do my best for other people.

I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.

I want to do my best to make people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.

Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.

I played futsal growing up in Board. In futsal, you need to think quick and play quick so its easier for you when you move to normal football.

A penalty is a cowardly way to score.

Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!

George Best was the greatest player in the world.

No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.

When you control the ball you control the score.

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

Yes, Ronaldinho is bigger than me. Exactly 4 centimeters.

The most important is to be a good man.

Love is more important than what we can take...Please say with me three times-Love! Love! Love!

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.

No individual can win a game by himself.

I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.

The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.

Everything is practice.

There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.