Origine: Dall'intervista di Corrado Chiominto; citato in Pelè:Totti il più forte ma sfortunato http://web.archive.org/web/20130526055747/http://www.wallstreetitalia.com/article/348184/mondiali-calcio-pele-totti-il-piu-forte-ma-sfortunato-ansa.aspx (Ansa), WallStretItalia.com, 4 gennaio 2006.
Pelé frasi celebri
“Un rigore è un modo meschino di segnare.”
Origine: Citato in Stephen Foster, (a cura di) Luca Serafini, Il libro delle liste sul calcio. Per chi crede di sapere tutto, traduzione di F. Rizzo, Sperling & Kupfer Editori, 2006. ISBN 8820040816
Origine: Citato in Campione in campo e nella vita http://www1.it.uefa.com/tournament/teams/team=57451/profile=2/index.html, Uefa.com.
“La gente discute di Pelé e Maradona. Per me il migliore è stato Di Stefano.”
Origine: Citato in "Maradona? Di testa segnava solo di mano..." http://www.repubblica.it/2009/02/sport/calcio/calciomercato/calcio-estero/pele-attacca-maradona/pele-attacca-maradona.html?ref=search, Repubblica.it, 17 settembre 2009.
Pelé Frasi e Citazioni
Origine: Citato in Pelè attacca Maradona: "Se non cambia non lavora" http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Estero/15-10-2010/pele-attacca-maradona-711479280342.shtml, Gazzetta.it, 15 ottobre 2010.
“Neymar può diventare anche più forte di me.”
Origine: Citato in Next Generation: Neymar. Il bimbo prodigio è cresciuto http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/04-08-2009/next-generation-neymar-50952939073.shtml, Gazzetta.it, 5 agosto 2009.
Origine: Citato in Neymar: "Balotelli ha un grande talento. Vorrei diventare suo amico" http://www.gazzetta.it/Nazionale/confederations_cup/12-06-2013/pele-stregato-balotelli-un-grande-giocatore-mi-piace-suo-stile-20565436324.shtml, Gazzetta.it, 12 giugno 2013.
Origine: Citato in Il blob del 2011. Le migliori frasi http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Altri_Sport/Altri/30-dicembre-2011/blob-2011-migliori-frasi-804163295835.shtml, Gazzetta.it, 31 dicembre 2011.
Pelé: Frasi in inglese

Interviewedby Lee Clayton, "Welcome into Pelé's World" in Daily Mail [England] (27 May 2006)
Contesto: Bobby Moore — he defended like a lord. Let me tell you about this man. When I played, I would face up to a defender, I would beat him with my eyes, send him the wrong way; I would look one way and then go the other. Defenders would just kick me in frustration. They would foul me because they couldn't stop me, or because I would confuse them with my movement. I would move my eyes, my legs or my body, but not always the ball. They would follow my move, but not Bobby, not ever. He would watch the ball, he would ignore my eyes and my movement and then, when he was ready and his balance was right, he would take the ball, always hard, always fair. He was a gentleman and an incredible footballer.
Interviewedby Lee Clayton, "Welcome into Pelé's World" in Daily Mail [England] (27 May 2006)
Contesto: Bobby Moore — he defended like a lord. Let me tell you about this man. When I played, I would face up to a defender, I would beat him with my eyes, send him the wrong way; I would look one way and then go the other. Defenders would just kick me in frustration. They would foul me because they couldn't stop me, or because I would confuse them with my movement. I would move my eyes, my legs or my body, but not always the ball. They would follow my move, but not Bobby, not ever. He would watch the ball, he would ignore my eyes and my movement and then, when he was ready and his balance was right, he would take the ball, always hard, always fair. He was a gentleman and an incredible footballer.
“He was a gentleman and an incredible footballer.”
Interviewedby Lee Clayton, "Welcome into Pelé's World" in Daily Mail [England] (27 May 2006)
Contesto: Bobby Moore — he defended like a lord. Let me tell you about this man. When I played, I would face up to a defender, I would beat him with my eyes, send him the wrong way; I would look one way and then go the other. Defenders would just kick me in frustration. They would foul me because they couldn't stop me, or because I would confuse them with my movement. I would move my eyes, my legs or my body, but not always the ball. They would follow my move, but not Bobby, not ever. He would watch the ball, he would ignore my eyes and my movement and then, when he was ready and his balance was right, he would take the ball, always hard, always fair. He was a gentleman and an incredible footballer.
Quoted in "SI Flashback: Soccer's greatest genius" Sports Illustrated, (1 June 1999)
“I was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music.”
Quoted in Parton Keese, The measure of greatness (1980)