Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Meeting Pelé

If I could meet a famous athlete, who would it be and why? I would want to meet Pelé because he is practically the best soccer player of all time. Everyone likes Messi and/or Ronaldo, but the "King of Football" will always be Pelé. He is also an inspiration to many aspiring soccer players like myself. Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born in Brazil. A poor black boy who grew up kicking wadded up socks as a ball, later turning into the phenomenon known as Pelé. He is a big role model for me beacuse he is a 5'8" guy ,who is devout in his faith, and likes to kick the ball around. Although I will probably not live up to his legend, I still use his lifestyle as a mirror for mine in a way. He is just really cool and skillful. He is like the Emeril Lagasse of soccer. I know you probably not want me to ramble on about soccer, but Pelé has three World Cups, 3 Jules Rimet trophies, and has scored a record 1,283 goals in only 1,366 matches. That's roughly a goal a match! That is why I would love to meet Pelé.

1 comment:

  1. I remember I used to have an Atari game called Pele back in the 1980s. To meet him for sure would have been cool! Nice post.

    ReplyDelete