"I am very proud to be Brazilian."

"I have to pay so much, it was good. But it was a big responsibility because I am a human being and everybody can make a mistake, you know."

"I once got sent off in a game against Colombia. The decision was so unpopular with the crowd that the referee then sent himself off!"

"If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing."

"People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory."