I played for Santos at 16, and we had an excellent team, so it helped a lot. And then I played for Brazil at the Maracana against Argentina. So I get more experience. This was one year before the World Cup, and it made a lot of difference.
I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.
All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.
I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.
Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever.