When football stars disappear, so do the teams, and that is a very curious phenomenon. It is like in the theatre, in a play, where there is a great star. If the star is not well, the whole cast suffers.

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.

No individual can win a game by himself.

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 World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!

Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.