Inspirational Pele Quotes On Football

Top Quotes of Pele

1. A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
2. Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
3. Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play in Olympic Games.
4. Everything is practice.
5. Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don’t we?
6. I’ve come to accept that the life of a front runner is a hard one, that he will suffer more injuries than most men and that many of these injuries will not be accidental.
7. Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.
8. 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.
9. When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don’t know who your friends are. It can be a dangerous place.
10. Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.

Pele Quotes on Football

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.

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Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don’t we?

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The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying.

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Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.

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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.

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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.

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No individual can win a game by himself.

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Most important is be a good man.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I’ve come to accept that the life of a front runner is a hard one, that he will suffer more injuries than most men and that many of these injuries will not be accidental.

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The World Cup is a very complicated tournament – six games, seven if you make it to the final – and maybe if you lose one game you’re out, even if you’re the best.

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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.

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There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.

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The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.

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When you control the ball you control the score.

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I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.

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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.

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Pele Quote on Ambition

The ambition should always be to play an elegant game.

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Pele Quote on Respect

You must respect people and work hard to be in shape.

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Pele Quote on Courage

Courage can bring huge benefits to those who are prepared.

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Quote on Education by Pele

If you don’t give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.

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Pele Quotes on Hard work

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

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I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.

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