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My father told me that when you're working, don't stop to count your money.

— Pelé Pelé: A biography (1976)

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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.

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