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1940–2022 Brazil
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), known as Pelé, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time.
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Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pelé. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.
They would foul me because they couldn't stop me, or because I would confuse them with my movement. I would move my eyes, my legs or my body, but not always the ball.
He was a gentleman and an incredible footballer.
When I played, I would face up to a defender, I would beat him with my eyes, send him the wrong way; I would look one way and then go the other.
I was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music.
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
My father told me that when you're working, don't stop to count your money.
Pelé: A biography (1976)
Success is not an accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
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