Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths.

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.

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

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.

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.'

I love people. I wanted to be with the people. I wanted to give something back what I get from football, because God gave everything to me.

I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint.