Pelé: What are you most proud of?

Originally asked

Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

Vogue's 73 Questions repeatedly asks respondents to select the work, relationship, or achievement that makes them proudest.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Pelé said elsewhere, not written here

At that time nobody had Brazil on the map and suddenly Brazil became a huge football nation. I was very proud because I made Brazil well known all over the world.

The Talks interview, 7 August 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 100 →

Jessica Mauboy Australian singer and actress; the first Indigenous artist to top the ARIA album chart

I guess my very first award when I was 10 years old, at the Adelaide River country music competition,

Recorded Chantelle Bozicevic, 9honey Celebrity interview, Nine (9honey Celebrity), 1 August 2025 source ↗

Stéphane Lambiel Swiss former competitive figure skater, now a coach and choreographer

Stepping onto an Olympic podium was such a unique moment, and I guess it would be one of the proudest of my career. I had dreamed about it since I was a kid.

Recorded Written Q&A in the IOC's Athlete Role Model series before Lillehammer 2016, Olympics.com (International Olympic Committee), 2016 source ↗

Sonya Yoncheva Opera singer

I was really happy because Rolex did something that was almost impossible: to organize it during a pandemic, to do it at such a high level, and to provide this financial aid to all these people… I was really proud.

Recorded The Talks interview, 27 July 2022 source ↗

Goran Bregović Bosnian composer and musician; former Bijelo Dugme leader and film composer

One of the things I’m proudest of is that today is a Friday, and hundreds of Gypsy bands will be playing for tips, and they will play a lot of my songs. I like the idea that because of that, some kid will have marmalade on his bread.

Recorded Robin Denselow, Guardian interview on Three Letters from Sarajevo, The Guardian, 27 February 2019 source ↗