26 Pele Quotes for You to Enjoy

Pele

Brazilian Athlete

Born: Oct 23, 1940

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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

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

Guitar Enthusiasm Everything String Must Like

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

God Time Health Good You Gift Care Father Will Gave Philosophy Say Must Be Prepared Good Shape Shape Take Had No-One Take Care Football He Always Got Listen Stop Which Your Used Prepared Play Play Football

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

Brazil Sleeps Eats Drinks Football Lives

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

World Remember Old Father First Big Party Lost Brazil Saw Crying First World Years Cup Soccer World Cup Player

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

Best You Game World Complicated Lose Final Seven Out Tournament Make Cup Very Six Maybe Games Even World Cup

Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we? Pele

Game Everything Earth Dead Passing End Up Same Thing

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

You Tough Difficult Easy More Dirty Know Because Very Intelligent Escape Going Against Much Play Player Players

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

Education You People Easy Give Manipulate Them

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

World Leader Top Football England English English Football Level

A penalty is a cowardly way to score. Pele

Cowardly Way Penalty Score

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

Work You Respect People Training Work Hard Others Kicking Must Beach Shape Ball Very Train After Used Hard Players

The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks. Pele

Goals Three Bicycle Kick Kicks Easy Only Were Two

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

Life World Goals Three My Life Everybody More Could Tournaments Knows Lot Won Cups Than Games World Cups Play Olympic Olympic Games

When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things. Pele

You Stupid Young Lot Things

Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people. Pele

Inspirational People Young Something Sport Very Young People

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

Become Think Would Always Been Soccer Actor Player

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

Brazil Difficulty Kicked OK Because Accepting Ball Got Still Won Any Just Happened Games Medal Injury Played Violence Two

All my life I thank God. My family was very religious. Pele

Life God Family Thank God My Life All My Life Religious Very Thank

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