All Soccer

Retell:  I have realized that I haven’t talked about Pele’s named before.  So today, is the day I will.  Pele’s birth name is Edison "Edson" Arantes do Nascimento.  The name Pele has no origin, or no meaning.  It had just happen and stayed.  Pele at first was his soccer name, but eventually became the name that everyone referred him too.    Everyone in his home town of Bauru knew the name Pele when he was growing up.  Since soccer is so important in Brazil, many adults would come see the games of young players.  Pele at first dislike the name Pele, but has the time went on, he began to get use to is and accept it.  It is hard to not accept it, when most of the World knew the name Pele and loved it.  To this day, everyone calls Pele, Pele, but only his father calls him “Dico” which in Brazil signifies “Edson”.
                 Pele had been called a lot of nicknames in his career like, “The King of Football", "The King Pelé" or simply "The King".  It doesn’t matter what you call Pele, or where you’re from, or if you’re a soccer player or not, Pele is a name which is recognize by almost anyone and always will be.  He has changed not only the game of soccer but also the world itself.

Relate:  I can relate to this story a bit, because growing up, I had played soccer for Whitby’s Soccer Club for many years and still do.  This is not to brag or anything, but my name was much known in the Whitby Soccer world.  I have been a part of the Whitby Soccer like I said for many years and have done a lot for the Club.  I first started playing “house league” as a kid.  And since I had agility, speed and techniques at a very young age, my name quickly got know from the club and adults and also players.  Whitby Soccer is not one of the biggest clubs in our region so it wasn’t too hard to get known.  So after my years of “house league”, I upgraded to “All-Star” and eventually “Rep” which is the highest teams you can get into in Whitby.  I had played for various teams for “house league” and “Rep”, so I have known a major amount of players and coaches.   With all these teams, I had won good amount of trophies for the Club which makes it look “better”.
                 Playing is not the only thing I have done for the club; I have also done a lot of volunteer’s hours and refereeing.   Doing these activities made me meet new people from the club and learn new things too.  So after all these years, my name in the Whitby Club has been everywhere and threw almost everyone.  So it is like Pele’s life has he grown up.

Reflect:  Pele made me realize, that if you love something, keep on doing it!  I really enjoy soccer, so he made me realize that I will never get till my fullest potential if I do not train and but all my determination in it.  Pele has been training all his life and always loved the game of soccer.  He determined and but all his efforts to accomplish what he did.  He really showed that if you really want something in your life, the only thing you have to do is too put all of your heart in it.

Family

Retell:  Today, I’ve decided to tell you about Pele’s love of his life.  Pele saw the girl who he eventually married for the first time at one of her basketball game.  At the time, Pele was playing for the Santos team back in Brazil, and the team decided to do something all together one night.
                The Santos team, is very concern about their players safety and health, so every night before a game, they had to go in “preparation room”, which was a room without alcohol, without any drugs, cigarette, without distraction, etc..  This room is situated in the Santos Facility.  Since the Santos team had a game the next day and the whole team was bored in the preparation room, they’d all decided to go down to the court and watch the girls who were playing, play.  At that moment, Pele had seen for the first time, Rosemeri.  She was a reserved on the team, and was sitting on the bench.  Pele couldn’t stop looking at her.  Rosemeri and her teammates who had all seen this gesture, decided to come and see the boys from the Santos team after the game.  It is when; Pele spoke his first words to her.  She was very shy and dry, and had a very short conversation.  But Pele didn’t care; he had already fallen in love.
                A few days later, Pele saw some of the other girls from Rosemeri’s team, and he had asked them were he could find Rose.  The girls, happy for Rose, told Pele exactly where he could find her.  Pele was extremely happy.  He had gone to find her and to talk to her.
                So after a few years, Pele had really fallen in love for Rose, and wanted to ask her to marry her.  He had talked about it with her, but since she was a lot younger than him, she kept on rejecting him.  Until, one day Pele had decided that it was time, he had gone on a boat ride with Rosemeri’s dad and had explain his intention.  Her dad accepted and he finally got the chance to marry her.
                Pele and Rose after a few years of marriage had their first child in 1967, Kelly Cristina, and their second in 1978, Jennifer.  Rose and Pele very loved each other, and even when times were hard, Rose with all her love was able to forget Pele when things got tuff. 
                (This hasn’t been mentioned in the book, but Rose and Pele eventually got divorced in 1978, and Pele got remarried with Assíria Lemos Seixas, in 1994)

Relate:  I cannot really relate to this particular story, because I (as we all know) is still very young, and is not ready to find someone that I’m ready to eventually marry.   Pele was probably in his 20’s when he had found Rose and fell in love.  That is 6-7 more years for me, and still that his very young.  It is true, I have sometimes imagined me with girls in the future, but I really doubt that would really happen.  I am still in high school, which mean I have not find all and seen all the girls in my life that I had to seen.  Which mean one of the girls I haven’t met might be the one.
                Like I said, I am too young to be thinking about marriage, so right now I cannot relate to this story, but I really hope I will be able to in a couple of years.

Reflect:  Since we are on the subject of family, I will keep on the subject.  Like I have said before, Pele really reflected me on how family is more important.  He had made me realize that it is not only my mother who is the most important.  But also, everyone in my life who I love.  Family, friends and peers are all people that I care about and who I should always let them know.  Pele always chooses the one he loved before soccer, and I find that amazing and the right choice.  Family and friends are people that will always love you and be with you, and soccer is just a part of it.  Although it is a big part of soccer player’s life, they always have to make time for what is more important.

Sorry Guys

Hello,

I am sorry for not posting any thing in a while, that is because I had forgot my password and I was ennable to enter my account.  I had done all my blogs so all I have to do right now is to post them.  This was just to let you know so here they are.