Soccer legend weeps over his own book.

This isn't any book you find on the clearance rack at Barnes & Noble. This is a 33lb., 500 page, $1,700 giant of a book about soccer legend Pele, billed as "the definitive work on the Athlete of the Century." (Muhammad Ali? Babe Ruth? Jackie Robinson? What did you accomplish?) Titled 1283, only 1,283 copies will be made--the same number of goals Pele scored during his career.

But wait--you say you have an unhealthy obsession with elderly soccer players? Good news! There's a luxury edition selling for $2,600 which includes an autographed picture of Pele and what the publisher vaguely describes as "a heart shaped patch of sweat." Potential scratch-and-sniff Pele BO? Hubba-hubba.

At the book release event, Pele became very emotional. "This really makes me well up. It is a legacy I left for Brazil," he told reporters while wiping tears from his eyes.

A legacy of ornate sweat stains.




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