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Brazillian soccer legend Pele talks to TIME's Belinda Luscombe about his new book 'Why Soccer Matters,' why he would play better now than he did in his prime, and how he got his name._ by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Nov 28, 2014 2:56 AM UTC  Brazilian soccer legend Pelé laughs during the inauguration of a refurbished soccer field at the Mineira slum in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 10, 2014 Brazilian soccer legend Pelé laughs during the inauguration of a refurbished soccer field at the Mineira slum in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 10, 2014 Ricardo Moraes—Reuters by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Nov 28, 2014 2:56 AM UTC Brazilian soccer star Pelé says he is “doing fine” after he was [transferred](http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30236553) to a special care unit on Thursday for monitoring after being treated for a urinary infection. Earlier reports indicated the three-time World Cup winner had been admitted to intensive care, but Pelé reassured fans that his condition was not serious. “I want to take this opportunity to let you know that I am doing fine,” the 74-year-old tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/Pele/status/538106338740813824) > [](https://twitter.com/Pele/status/538106402196426752) The Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, said in a statement Thursday that Pelé was transferred after suffering “clinical instability,” reports the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30236553). Pelé was admitted to the hospital on Monday and diagnosed with a urinary infection. According to local media, the infection could have stemmed from a procedure to remove kidney stones, for which he was treated on Nov. 13. ## Transcript Edison Arantes do Nos, Nascimento is better known as Pelé, which is also easier to say. He's got a new book, Why Soccer Matters, and I'm delighted to say he's here with us today. Pelé, welcome. Thank you very much. [ INAUDIBLE ] So tell me, why does soccer matter? Soccer, football, now, was my life. [ LAUGH ] And this one is the, third or fourth book what I wrote. That you've written? A Beautiful Game. [ CROSSTALK ] A Beautiful Game, Pele Forever. This will be my third generation. [ LAUGH ] Wow. Because now I haven't played 25 years. This will be for my third generation. I hope everybody like. So in the book, you talked about a very important historical event in Brazil, which was Brazil's lost to Uruguay in the World Cup. Mh- hm. And your say in the book that it was like in America the Kennedy assassination. Isn't that going too far? I don't think so. I think it was very similar. This was a very emotional moment for me. Right, right. Because first time I saw my father crying because my father used to tell me, men don't cry. I was the youngest. He said, men don't cry. Then I saw my, my father cry. It was a deep emotion to me. When you were young your father, you say in the book, your father just drilled you for hours and hours and he was quite strict, your father. How come you were so happy when other kids are not? Some kids want to learn. Want to enjoy. Other kids doesn't have patience. I want to be like my father. My father was a good soccer player. He was good scorer. He used to score a lot of goals, he was professional. One day, he come to teach me. I, I, I used to do everything what he asks because he used to tell me, listen, God was good with you because God had gift you, know, the, the prize to play football. If you wanted to succeed you must work. Mm- hm, That I have in my mind. Then I say, oh, thanks God, that you gave me the habit to be always in shape. I have to prepare myself to training. That's the reason, I used to repeat to everything what my father you know, used to say. Now you scored about 1, 280, maybe 81, goals in your career. Do you have a favorite? Actually, the official 1, 283 goals. 83, thank you. Of course we have some, some goals who was, who is more important than the other one. But some goals more important and in other words, more beautiful. Right, I see what you're saying I have for example, I can mention some of those of my life. My first World Cup, I was with 17 years old. Then I scored a goal in the final against Sweden. Against Sweden. Actually, I have some footage. Can we look at it? This is a very important, you know. [ LAUGH ] Yes. Yeah. This was from past uuu. This until now was the beautiful game because. There it is in slo- mo. Is slow motion. You're dribbling, the, the quarterback and then before the ball come down. Unbelievable. It was. That until now the people start to say oh, fantastic goal. It was important because it was in the World Cup because Brazil won the World Cup. This was very important. That wasn't the only goal that you scored in that World Cup and this is the one, this is the finals against Sweden, right? Is that the, this is. Oh. This was the, the final. The, the is little bit more important than the other one because the other one was the beginning. This was the final. Brazil was champion. I keep saying the same. Some goals was more important because of the, the importance of the games. Mm- hm. Mm- hm. And some goals was beautiful. Was nice. Coincidentally, coincidentally, this goal against Sweden by head was exactly, more or less, the same, the goal who I score in my last World Cup against Italy. Oh, wow. A header. A header. But in that first one you, you kind of bounce it, you bounce it over the reciev -, over the defender's head and then you run around him to score the goal. That, is something who I have to thanks to my father, because my father when I was younger said repeat, now train, gonna do again. Sometime I got nervous, I got tired but I repeat. Then the result was that. Do you miss playing? Not now. Yes, lot of time, now people ask to me, I has a little problem my first two years after I retired. No, I retired at my best, thanks God. I have a Soccer Clinic of America. Then this make me a little happy, calm but I miss two years, three years, even I was, and I still walk with the kids. I have a. Right, right. My thing but yeah, I, I, I miss but now I am okay. If you were playing at your peak in the game as it's played today, do you think you would still have the same impact? I think it was better. You think you're better than, than they are now? Yes, much better. You're better? Yeah, because now the preparation is much more, more strong. Oh, I see, yeah. They, they are, the new technology help better. The rule protect the players. Better. Cuz you have a, have a yellow card. You have a red card. Red card. In my time, we didn't have this protection. So often you refer to Pele in the third person and you talk about that in the book. Why is it that you do that? [ LAUGH ] This is, we start to do a joking. My name add some. I was very proud and then the kids, I did some mistake because I mix up pear, con Pele and then the kids start to call me ," Pele, Pele, Pele ." I say ," No, no, no, my name is Edson ." I could not stop that. I went to school, people call me Pele. I fight, I get two days suspended. Everybody started to call me Pele, later on. But now, now I love it. Thanks God for that because everybody knows Pele. It's easy to pronunciate, and then I keep the Edison Arantes do Nascimento but Pele, I love now. Everything good is the Pele who do the baddest ****. [ LAUGH ] [ LAUGH ] Pele, it's been a pleasure. Thank you so much. 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