“When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europ...” — Pele Quote

“When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after 18 years I want to rest, because I want to retire.”

“Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.”

“Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever.”

“After four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney.”

“Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'”

“My family sits around and tells all these amazing stories of pirates and the wa. Then one day I'm having a beer after shooting an episode of 'Thank God You're Here,' and started telling Dave Hughes some stories, and he said, 'You've gotta turn this into a book.'”