Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who is widely regarded to be the greatest player of all time. Named FIFA co-Player of the Century in 1999, he is a global ambassador for soccer and other humanitarian causes.
Born: October 23, 1940 Brazil
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.
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.
Everything is practice.
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.
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.
Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don’t we?
A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.
The bicycle kick is not easy to do.
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.
All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.
