Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.

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.

The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.

There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.

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

Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to kick. They should be taught to caress it and to treat it like a precious gem.

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