34. Pele commented on himself that his achievements were no accidents, as it is only through perseverance, hard work, sacrifice, studying the game and loving what you are doing and perfecting yourself while doing so, that you will
achieve success
35. Pele is mentioned in a song by the rapper Pras named ‘Ghetto Superstar’.
36. Pele was named as the BBC’s Sportsman of the Century in 2000; this is the second time this award has been given as it has only been given once before to the boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
37. An Italian defender in the 1970 World Cup named Tarcisio Burgnich commented on the Brazilian that before the match started he kept telling himself that Pele is only made of skin and Bones and he can take him down if he wanted
to. He finished the comment by saying that he was proved wrong by the end of the match.
38. The Brazilians call Pele as the Black Pearl which is locally called “Pérola Negra.”
39. In 1961 Pele was named by the government as Brazil’s National Treasure, which also meant that he could not transferred out of the country to foreign clubs.
40. Pele was added to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1993.
41. Clive Toye who was the New York Cosmos General Manager of the time convinced Pele by saying openly in 1975 "Don't go to Italy, don't go to Spain, all you can do is win a championship. Come to the U.S. and you can win a country."
42. Pele’s first ever football team was called ‘The Shoeless Ones’ and it was made of a bunch of neighbourhood friends.
43. There is also a Pele museum that travels on wheels throughout the country and is sponsored by Coca Cola.
44. The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo who is rated as one of the best football players in the world once commented by saying that Pele is the single greatest player in the games history and there can only be one Pele.
45. Pele is still the only footballer in history who has been a part of three World cup winning squads.
46. On the 21st of November, 1964 Pele scored eight goals in a single game, against Botafogo to give Santos a legendary 11-0 victory.
47. Pele is a player that has scored ninety two hat tricks. He has scored five goals in thirty two matches and once he scored eight goals in a single match.
48. As a child Pele used to play with a sock that was filled with papers as he could not afford to get a football to play with.
49. Pele once commented on scoring goals and winning matches by saying that "If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing."
50. Pele has worked with the United Nations as an Ambassador to fight corruption and to protect the environment in Brazil and once was also made a Goodwill Ambassador.
51. Pele actually came out of retirement in 1976. His first match on club level was against the Flamengo’s and Pele won the match with the score of 2-0 and his last match for Brazil was on the eighteenth of July 1971 and was against
Yugoslavia that resulted in a 2-2 draw.
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