I was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music. — Pelé · Smartyfair

I was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music.

Pelé1940–2022 · athlete · 1900s-2000s BrazilPelé was a Brazilian footballer widely considered one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.1 quote

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Some people are made for one thing. His thing was football.

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How sure this is: 82% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up: Quoted in Parton Keese's The Measure of Greatness (1980); Wikiquote-sourced with a named book and year.
Work: quoted in The Measure of Greatness by Parton Keese
Occasion: 1980 · describing his lifelong devotion to soccer
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Sourced section, cites Parton Keese, The Measure of Greatness (1980)

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