Pele Quotes - Page 2

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.

If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it.

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.

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.

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

A penalty is a cowardly way to 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.

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

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.

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.

The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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