Pele Quotes

Pele wasn't as gifted as George Best and I would definitely put George above Johan Cruyff because he had more heart.

Sproles has the quickest feet I've ever seen out of any player.

I wish I could be good at gymnastics.

Ronaldo is an absolutely terrific player. He works very hard for his team; he has the quality.

I'd always been a good athlete and I liked getting paid what they paid you for stunts. In those days, they paid you per stunt so I'd try to do as many as I could.

I can play really pretty much anywhere on the court.

If it's about working out and playing basketball, I'm one of the best in the world to do it - at least two years ago. But I'm still in a space where I can play.

I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.

I consider myself a decent athlete but when I started to train martial arts like Kung Fu, I realised it had nothing to do with how athletic you are. It's all mental. It's what you know, how you use it and your mental toughness and composure. It's incredible.

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

When you step out on the court, I don't think anybody thinks about age. Because if you're out on this tour it means you deserve to be here. You've got the skill. It must mean you know how to play.

Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.

In Russia, show the least athletic aptitude and they've got you dangling off the parallel bars with a leotard full of hormones.

I see Maradona every time he grabs the ball and accelerates.

The best players I've coached make really hard things look easy. Like you may say, well, that was easy, and then, well, go try it. You think it's so easy, go ahead and do it.

I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

I was making sure everyone knew Crabtree was a mediocre receiver. And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, that's what happens. I appreciate that he knows that now.

When I look at the way I was able to play in my 17th year, I feel like I earned the right to play in the NFL for another one.

Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.

You're either slangin' crack rock, or you got a wicked jumpshot.

I'm a big fan of the game. Seeing these young guys play at the level that they are, I just wish I was 22, 23 years old so I can handle the game the way they do.

Playing quarterback ... it's no joke ... The difference here with Johnny Manziel, there's a lot of style and very little substance.

Does college pay? They do if you are a good open-field runner.

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the human spirit.