20 Pelé phrases that show all the personality of the king of football

Good thing I’m a man of three hearts! I still have two.

Some people can’t speak their minds. I can! My contribution, now that I don’t play football anymore, is the following: talk, talk, without being afraid of anything.

If you come first, you are the greatest. If you come second, you are nothing.

I learned to play in the street, in the backyard, which is how you learn to play football.

You must respect people and work hard to be fit. I used to train a lot. When other players went to the beach after practice, I was hitting the ball.

Help unfortunate children, who need little from those who have a lot.

I was born in football like Beethoven for music and Michelangelo for painting.

Whenever I point out a favorite, he dances ahead of time.

I saw the sea in front of me and I went crazy. I went into the water with my shoes on and everything to see if it was really salty. Was!

The Brazilian people are so fantastic that, despite being beaten with sticks, they continue to believe in better days.

When you’re young, you do a lot of stupid things.

Sometimes I wake up my wife screaming: Pass the ball, Dorval!

Like Pele, there isn’t. My mother made me and closed the factory.

The Brazilian people don’t know how to vote.

Enthusiasm is everything. It should be tense and vibrating like a guitar string.

The only important goal scored by Maradona was with his hand.

Pele is something apart, something from God. It’s like in music. There are 500 good pianists, but Beethoven only had one.

I never needed Viagra. But I’ve seen friends upset that they forgot their medicine when going out for a night.

ABC, ABC, every child has to read and write.

If I made a difference, it was thanks to my education and my family. That’s why I never got involved in scandals.