?J.B. Pinheiro, Brazilian ambassador to the U.N.
, in praise of Pel�
: "My country has been built on mistakes. Pedro Cabral was looking for a passage to India
when he discovered Brazil
. Our entire history is like that. So here I am, probably the best soccer player in the world, and they've got me being an ambassador. Pel�, on the other hand, has spent 22 years playing soccer, and in that time he has done more for goodwill and friendship between nations than all of the ambassadors ever appointed."