Pele Quotes

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

I'm happy for the success that I've had, but I've worked so hard at it.

Winning does not always mean coming in first...real victory is in arriving at the finish line with no regrets because you know you've gone all out.

Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.

I think anybody that's worked hard and has built something and has been successful can testify to how, you know, how wonderful that was, how wonderful it still is.

If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.

I'm tired, but proud.

There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

I like seeing people achieve great things.

It feels good when you put the hard work in and it comes to life out on the field.

I'm just happy that I get the opportunity to do the things on the court that I do in practice.

It's hard to pinpoint a 'moment' that validated years of work.

Any win feels great. It is hard to do.

That's the best feeling ever, when you sacrifice and you realize in the end that it was worth it.

Be happy when you reach the top: cry, clap your hands, shout to the four winds that you did it, let the wind - the wind is always blowing up there - purify your mind, refresh your tired and sweaty feet, open your eyes, clean the dust from your heart. It feels so good, what was just a dream before, a distant vision, is now part of your life, you did it!

Happiness is not mostly pleasure, it is mostly victory.

Success is the reward for toil.

There's no better satisfaction than watching the people around you, who have worked day and night to get something right, realising the dream.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

My feelings, as the last ball travelled over the net, and as I realized that the final match was mine, I cannot describe. I felt that here was a prize for all the games I had ever played.

But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.

Just thinking of all the things I'd done getting there and everything I've sacrificed to do so. But what's happening now makes it worth it.

The tougher the job, the greater the reward.