kolkata king of football pele on monday had an advice for defending indian super league champions atletico de kolkata whore known for their attacking game at a media interaction organised by atk the teams coowner harsh neotia asked him what is his advice would be for the kolkata franchise and the threetime world cup winner replied always respect your opponents and to the people you may be the best but you can always learn something football is the biggest family in the world and only in football you see this kind of love pele who is known around the world for his humility said in his message during his tour to india where he would spend three days in kolkata before flying to delhi for the subroto cup final i always played with a good heart one more time i say thank you very much i love you atk coowners sourav ganguly sanjiv goenka utsav parekh and neotia presented the 74yearold an autographed jersey and an overwhelmed pele said thank you very much for this reception i thank all of you from my heart and accept my thanks from all my fellow brazilians pele has returned to the city 38 years after he had enthralled the crowd with new york cosmos in a 22 draw against mohun bagan in an exhibition match at eden gardens i see a new generation here i thank god because ive received this kind of love because of the gods grace pele will be the guest of honour at atks first home match on tuesday against kerala blasters fc and in the morning the team will host the brazilian over a lunch ganguly regretted that they would not be able to watch pele in action hope we could see a bit of action but age catches up with everyone its a sporting mad city be it cricket or football it will not change i am sure you have fond memories of the reception 38 years ago ganguly told pele i could not see you live in action ive seen you only in videos but its an unbelievable sight to watch your skills on the field cricket has not gone into brazil but ive been through the life of a sportsman to see so much of appeal speak volumes of your achievement for all of us its the respect that matters and will live forever when i was young i saw a movie about pele and now im getting to see the giant close its so special ive been an avid football fan and watched him play goenka said this is a historic visit all of us welcome the living legend individually remembering the 1977 visit neotia said he had seen him with his father whose travel agency was associated with tour my father was so excited to see him and i realised how great a player he was for parekh it was like a dream come true to sit next to pele i see my