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„I was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music.“
„I always remember the games in which I score.“
„Brazil’s always had great players, both at home and abroad, but we need to put all that talent together and mould a team out of it.“
„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.“
„I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I’ve done.“
„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.“
„Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.“
„Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.“
„Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.“
„A penalty is a cowardly way to score.“
„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.“
„Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don’t we?“
„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.“
„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.“
„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.“
„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.“
„Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pelé. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.“
„Edson is the person that supports Pele. Edson is the base. Pele just comes and adds the face.“
„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.“
„From my point of view, what’s beautiful in the sport is something you don’t need to know too much about tactics or anything to see. If you find something beautiful, you don’t need to be an expert to know it. It’s like ballet.“
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