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.

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

Brazil, always they buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football.

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

I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player

Everything is practice.

Over the years I've learnt to live with two persons in my heart. One is Edson, who has fun with his friends and family; the other is the football player Pele. I didn't want the name. 'Pele' sounds like baby-talk in Portuguese.