The Clever Boys

I was always taught as a kid if you do something, do it right. If not, go do something else. For me, soccer was life.

I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time

I don’t believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.

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.

Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that

Whatever happens, there are always things you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have scored a third. That's perfectionism. That's what makes you progress in life.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.