Quotes About Pelé

My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing.

There were very few TV sets when I grew up... We could not see matches and did not know too many players. Only Pele was a household name and he was the one most children idolised.

Ayrton Senna is the Pele of F1 for me. He is the number one for us Brazilians so he left a huge impact on me.

Pelé, otro genio con unas condiciones extraordinarias. Era derecho, pero hacía cosas con la pierna izquierda, paraba la pelota como si tuviera un muelle en en el pecho, cabeceaba como si tuviera un martillo en la cabeza, regateaba para los dos perfiles, tiraba de media distancia era estratega, era goleador, un jugador completísimo.

Folklore isn't only old. Brand-new folk tales featuring La Llorona, the Weeping Woman, and Bloody Mary, the killer in the mirror, emerge daily. Hawaiian volcano goddess Pelé is the subject of modern urban legends and old myths.

Pelé fue el jugador más completo que he visto nunca. Magia en el aire. Rápido y potente, corría más que cualquier otro jugador. Parecía un gigante dentro del campo. Perfecto equilibrio y visión imposible.

The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks.

I had seen the ethos of rugby, and I was very much an admirer. For us, it's a beautiful sport, what I guess what Pele called soccer in Brazil. It's so simple; it's easy to understand. You can play five on five or 15 on 15.

The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.

When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after 18 years I want to rest, because I want to retire.

That save from Pele's header was the best I ever made. I didn't have any idea how famous it would become - to start with, I didn't even realise I'd made it at all.

Unfortunately, I never saw Pele play. What I know of him is through my grandfather, my dad's dad, who used to talk to me and tell me about how he played.

There's Pele the man, and then Pele the player. And to play like Pele is to play like God.

Pele revolutionized football. Pele stopped a war. Pele united countries, united families.

There was one player who was better than Pele. It was Garrincha. He had one leg crooked, the other one straight, normal. How did he do all those things with such difficulties? He was a paralytic! And the way he played! Much better than us all!

All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.

I don't think Pele was the ultimate hero for our generation, he is the ultimate hero of every generation of Brazilians.

Pele was the best of his era, Diego Maradona was the Pele of the Eighties, and Ronaldinho is the Pele of our time.

It is good to be Compared with the best player [Pele]. But my dad told me about Garrincha's style as he moved forward, went up, attacked and dribbled. Garrincha's style is more similar to Neymar's.

My father gave me some advice when I was very young - whatever someone tells you in the future, don't forget Pele is the best.

Está el Pelé hombre y el Pelé jugador. Para jugar como Pelé hay que jugar como Dios.