Pele Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks.”

“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.”

“I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'”

“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.”

“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.”

“Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever.”

“Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.”

“When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.”

“A penalty is a cowardly way to score.”