I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.

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.

We're not great friends, but I admire him. If he thinks he's the best player of the century, that's his problem.

When I was playing, they said soccer was a man's world and women should remain on the sidelines, all I can say is I'm glad I never had to go up against Mia Hamm

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.

The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO.

People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory.