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“I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god.”

It has been said that what God is to religion Pelé is to soccer.

No singular athlete has ever meant so much to a sport. No presence hovers over a playing field so completely. No one player sings in the hearts of his countryman so passionately. A Brazilian national treasure, Pelé means a million things to a million people, and he is instantly translatable in every language, in every country across the globe.

In most languages, Pelé has come to mean hero.