Quotes by Pele
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.
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.
There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.
I want to do my best to make the people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.
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.
Nelson Mandela was one of the most influential people in my life. He was my hero, my friend, and also a companion to me in our fight for the people and for world peace. Let us all continue his legacy with purpose and passion.
Quoted in David PickeringThe Cassell Soccer Companion (1994).
No individual can win a game by himself.
If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
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.
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.
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
The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.
Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths.
I love people. I wanted to be with the people. I wanted to give something back what I get from football, because God gave everything to me.
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to kick. They should be taught to caress it and to treat it like a precious gem.
Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.
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.
I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.