Here's a comment from u/DarkJayBR on Reddit, many great quotes:

RIP to the King of Football!

Here is what some legends had to say about him back in the days:

*Johan Cruyff*: I can be a new Di Stefano, but I can't be a new Pelé. He is the only one who goes beyond the limits of logic.

*Eric Cantona*: An artist in my eyes is someone who can light up a dark room. I have never found and will never find a difference between Pelé's pass to Carlos Alberto in the 1970 World Cup final and the poetry of the young Rimbaud. There is in each of these human manifestations an expression of beauty that touches us and gives us a sense of eternity.

*Bobby Moore*: Pelé was the most complete player I've ever seen, he had everything. Two good feet. Magic in the air. Fast. Powerful. He could beat people with skill. He could outrun people. He was only 5ft 7in, yet he looked like a giant athlete on the field. Perfect balance and impossible vision. He was the biggest because he could do anything and everything on a football field. I remember Saldhana, the manager, being asked by a Brazilian journalist who was the best goalkeeper in his squad. He said Pele. In his opinion, the man could play any position. Sometimes I feel like football was invented for this magical player.

*Michel Platin*i: There's Pelé, the man, and then Pelé, the player. And to play like Pelé is to play like God.

*Eusebio*: Pelé played in an era that had many great players and in that environment he stood out above the rest. He was a complete player in every way, as well as being a kind human being. Cristiano Ronaldo is still young, and has many years ahead of him. But so far, I don't see anyone who compares to Pele.

*Franz Beckenbauer*: Pelé is the greatest player of all time. He reigned supreme for 20 years. All others - Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini - are below him. There is no one who compares to Pele.

*Cesar Luis Menotti*: It's ugly to compare, but the greatest was Pelé. If we believe that God made man, God made Pelé perfect. Gave it all to him. Nothing was missing, heading, physical strength, dribbling, finishing, inspiration, genius, temperament, vision, goal. All.

*Gianni Rivera*: However, I think there is someone who was even better (than Messi) and that is Pelé. He used both feet on the field. He was just as dangerous with his right as he was with his left. He was strong in the air too, and created a lot of chances.

*Hugo Gatti:* Pelé had the skin of a player, head, rhythm, everything. It was a panther dressed in white, I played with him. He came in to play at the last minute and managed to turn the game around. And the big difference is that Pelé created fear on the field, Maradona didn't... For me it's Pelé, Alfredo Di Stefano and Maradona, in that order. Thanks to Diego, he's a great player. But Pelé was from another planet.

*Tarcisio Burgnich*: I said to myself before the game, 'he's made of skin and bones like everyone else'. But I was wrong.

*Ferenc Puskas*: The greatest player in history was Di Stefano. I refuse to classify Pelé as a player. He was above that.

*Sigge Parling*: After the fifth goal, even I had to applaud him.

*Costa Pereira*: I arrived with the hope of stopping a great man, but I left convinced that we just had been destroyed by someone who was not born on the same planet as the rest of us.

*Tostão*: Pelé was the greatest - just perfect. And off the field he was always smiling and excited. You never see him moody. He loves being Pele.

*Just Fontaine:* When I saw Pelé play, I felt like I should hang up my boots, I've never felt so dominated and outclassed like that.

*Andy Warhol*: Pelé was one of the few who contradicted my theory: instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries.