Over the years I've learnt to live with two persons in my heart. One is Edson, who has fun with his friends and family; the other is the football player Pele. I didn't want the name. 'Pele' sounds like baby-talk in Portuguese.
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.
