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How Is Pele More Successful

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“Success, is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” (Pele) Pele is known for making the bicycle kick famous. Some her his name and think the best soccer player the world has ever seen. From the outside, his life couldn’t be any more perfect, but life doesn't always start out that way. Pele's childhood was difficult and full of hardships, but his hard work and perseverance led to many achievements. Pele didn't have an ideal childhood. He was born on October 23, 1940, in Três Corações, Brazil. The arrival of electricity in Três Corações caused his mother to name him Edson, after Thomas Edison. As a young boy, his family moved to the town of Bauru. There, teachers saw him as a troublemaker and punished him. A couple of teachers made him kneel on a pile of beans as a form of discipline. This was the first of many hardships he would have to face. …show more content…

As he got older, his teachers noticed he became less of a troublemaker. He had found love for fútbol. Even though his family couldn't afford to buy a soccer ball, because of deep poverty, he still found ways to play. Rolling up old, worn-out socks and stuffing them with newspapers made the perfect ball. Playing whenever he got the chance. One day, while playing, he ruined the only pair of shoes he had (they belonged to his aunt's bosses child). After the shoes were ruined, he started hanging out with other kids instead of studying or participating in soccer. In one of those hideouts, a hole in the ground, a sinkhole formed and a boy drowned inside (Pele 16). From then on out, he carried the guilt of the boy's death with him and the knowledge that the child could have been

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