How much soccer training is it needed to become a top player? It depends on the efficiency of your training routine. Setting long and short-term goals is a must. When planning out a soccer training regime, one must strive for realistic and consistent program that will diminish specific weaknesses. Broad versatility of soccer skills is the Nirvana of every dedicated trainee.

Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.

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

A penalty is a cowardly way to score.

I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.

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

I treat everybody the same. You know I love to be with people: the youngsters.