Pele Quotes

The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future.

We can't continue to always base our strategy on the fact that the other guy is going to mess up all the time.

Some players are wonderful hitters of the ball, but they can't figure out ways to get out of trouble. Eighty percent of the time, there is a way. You just have to know how to look for it.

In chess, you gotta come up with a strategy. I made a lot of plans in my life. 'I'ma do this, I'ma do that, this is gonna happen, that's gonna happen.' And a lot of stuff don't go as planned. You really gotta act on events as they unfold. That's how I compare chess to life.

There's always going to be a way for me to go around a defense or play mind games and find a way to win.

I'm consistently making adjustments. You're going to have to do that in the postseason, too.

Playing me in different positions helped me to get in the head of the others players: to know what they're thinking, where and how they are going to move.

I'm taught to adapt and exploit every situation in the ring.

You play in different situations and conditions, and you have to come up with new solutions for the problems. It has made me a more rounded player, who can handle different tactics and positions.

My best asset to my game is my IQ. I play the game thinking the game first.

I understand now the different games and the different approaches that you need to take at different times, with different styles of play.

It's so important to be ready for whatever is going to be thrown at you.

When I used to play against Bayern, Xabi Alonso always used to give me a really hard time. He was so experienced... he made me suffer. The way he'd keep switching play just meant that you could never stop running. He was very intelligent.

Even when matches don't work out the way you planned, you've always got to stay strong in defence; it's a matter of willpower and intelligence.

I always know how to play this game. It's about being smart.

The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do.

Sometimes you have to be clever.

If you can prepare yourself to the best of your abilities and react to the situation, things will fall into place.

In some times of the game, you have to be more simple.

No matter where I bat I try to adapt to the situation.

If you exhaust every play out of the pocket, what happens is you find more opportunities.

Decisions need to be made in milliseconds out on the field, and you need to almost know what the other guy is thinking and exactly what he's going to do.

I want to mix, match, take something off, move the ball around.

That's a sign of a good football team, where we can adjust and adapt to our surroundings.

My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration