Pele was a Brazilian Football player, titled unarguably one of the best players in the history of football. He is labelled “The Greatest” by FIFA. During his time, Pele was the highest-paid athlete in the world. Pele may be a Football player, but he was also a humanitarian. With the gift of athlete genes and the passion for football, Pele also had a heart of gold and won millions of hearts.
The Times list of 100 most important people of the century contains Pele’s name. Pele made an enchanting game every time he was on the field, and people were in awe of him. His game was often remarked, “beautiful” and “Electrifying”. In Brazil, Pele is known as a national hero as he was a football player and a humanitarian who helped poor and oppressed people out of misery.
However, Pele did not achieve all this easily. He struggled gravely due to his poverty. He had to work very early in his life and couldn’t afford even a proper Football and would play with newspaper ball and fruits. Pele is a living example that man can totally change his conditions drastically and become his own resources even when he has nothing. Below are some of the famous Pele Quotes.
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.
Pele is the prime epitome of this being true. A person who does what he loves lives the best life; he becomes his best self and is unafraid of death. He is happy and fearless of death because he lived his best life with his passion. And he is full of gratitude.
Everything is practice.
Pele states the truth quite simple with absolute truth. People overthink a lot about success and about how to achieve it. And apply tons of strategies, but the truth is, we just have to keep consistency. We just have to keep practising, and we’ll figure out everything else on the way.
I don’t think I’m a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.
Businessmen often have to be witty, cunning, clever and crook. Pele was a simple man. He was also a Humanitarian. He took all his decision with his heart, and business cannot afford to be so simple most of the time.
Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!
Brazil is a country where people go crazy over football. In every street, kids play football. The country gave birth to many great football players and continues to even today. And that is why Pele says so.
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.
Sports may be thought as something which requires strength. But according to Pele, it is highly predictable what a person with strength might do, but the match becomes tough when the player has the presence of mind and uses his intellect to win the game. Pele stresses on the importance of the brain even in sports and physical activity.
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If you don’t give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.
Educated people are the ones who would apply their brains in everything they do, so we can hardly manipulate such people. But people with no education can be easily influenced by other people, and thus education is very important.
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.’
Pele’s father taught him the importance of God health and preparation. If one has received the gift of talent from God but isn’t in good health to use that gift, the gift is wasted. People must also be prepared to use their gifts. If we do not know how to use our gift again, the gift is wasted.
The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
To win a World Cup is not a piece of cake. The good and the great players are distinguished during such matches. The nuances of a good and great player comes to light.
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
One must always have to zest of life. One must be enthusiastic about what he does. Having no enthusiasm is having no passion. Pele compares enthusiasm to a guitar string metaphorically to stress the importance of enthusiasm.
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.
The edge is gained by the great players by small things consistently done. Hard work and respect is the key to live a become the best of the best. While the others may enjoy leisure time, the great do not stop till they are satisfied.
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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?
Pele has played hundreds of matches in his lifetime and metaphorically says that ultimately life is a game. At the end, life and game both end. We all come to the same situation when games and life are over.
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.
Pele’s ultimate dream was to win the world cup. And though he was one of the best players on earth at his time, if his team does not play well, he cannot win the match. So winning was quite complicated and never easy. It doesn’t matter if he is best or not.
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.
Brazil is a country obsessed with football, and this statement holds true even in Pele’s time. Pele’s father gave him the motivation and training to play football. At a very early Pele was exposed to the madness of Football and was deeply influenced, thanks to his father who gave football the gift of Pele.
Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
Sport is a life lesson for youth. It teaches people to never give up, to work hard to become a leader, remain fearless, and face challenges. Thus, it is very inspirational and must be a part of a child’s life.
I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people.
When a player plays for his country, he represents his entire nation. He has to walk, talk and live in a proper way. He has to do everything in his power to do the best he can to not disappoint the people of his country.
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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.
Football is a game that requires team spirit. A single player, no matter how great, cannot make his team win. People may focus on a single player when they talk about the sport, but the player has to have team spirit and involve all of his team members to win.
I do not believe there is such a thing as born soccer player.
People may have good genes and shape and stamina that is innate, that aids them to become a good player. But no one is born a good player. It takes hard work, resilience and conscientiousness to become a good player. Our genes may aid us or give us an edge, but all hard work cannot be complicated eliminated.
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.
Success is never mere serendipity. It takes toughness and high moral values for a person to become great at something. Success is never a coincidence. A set of tough qualities acquired makes a man successful. A mere accident does not make anyone great.
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.
Becoming someone great needs a lot of effort at the things he is doing and everything related. Becoming someone great also requires great character. Overnight no one becomes great. People may think that being a good football player is only about football, but it is also about the players’ moral ethics, unity, confidence and leadership qualities.
