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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.

You Must Respect People And Work Hard To Be In Shape. And I Used To Train Very Hard. When The Others Players Went To The Beach After Training, I Was There Kicking The Ball.

The First World Cup I Remember Was In The 1950 When I Was 9 Or 10 Years Old. My Father Was A Soccer Player, And There Was A Big Party, And When Brazil Lost To Uruguay, I Saw My Father Crying.

George Best Was The Greatest Player In The World.

When Football Stars Disappear, So Do The Teams, And That Is A Very Curious Phenomenon. It Is Like In The Theatre, In A Play, Where There Is A Great Star. If The Star Is Not Well, The Whole Cast Suffers.