(CNN) -- He may be a long way from the football field, but Pele at least is back to talking and getting better at a Sao Paulo, Brazil, hospital. 

The city's Albert Einstein Hospital issued a statement Saturday saying the football legend -- born Edson Arantes do Nascimento -- was improving but still in intensive care battling an illness. 

Pele is lucid, talking and responding to antibiotics, the hospital said. He remains on temporary dialysis, which was a reason he was moved to the ICU in the first place, because the machine he needed was there. 

The hospital issued a second statement later Saturday, indicating that Pele continues to recover and that doctors plan to take him off dialysis early Sunday. 

Earlier this week, the 74-year-old was admitted to the medical facility -- the same place he recently underwent surgery to remove kidney stones -- for a urinary tract infection. 

The athletic icon had one kidney removed during this days as a player, his aide, Jose Fornos Rodrigues, told CNN. 

Pele tweeted Thursday that he was looking forward to spending the holidays with family and starting "the new year with renewed health, with many international trips planned." 

"I am blessed to receive your love and support," Pele said, "and thank God this is nothing serious." 

Known as "The Black Pearl" and simply "The King," Pele is one of the best known names in all of sports. 

He burst onto the scene as a teenager, helping lead his native Brazil to the 1958 World Cup championship. Pele went on to star on two other World Cup title teams as well, in 1962 and 1970, in addition to a breakthrough career with the Brazilian club Santos and later with the New York Cosmos of the now-defunct North American Soccer League. 

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Edson Arantes do Nascimento
2. 74-year-old
3. Yes
4. Kidney stones
5. A urinary tract infection.
6. Jose Fornos Rodrigues
7. CNN
8. Yes
9. The King
10. The Black Pearl
11. Brazil
12. Sao Paulo
13. Albert Einstein Hospital
14. Saturday
15. Early Sunday.
16. Yes
17. Dialysis machine
18. Thursday
19. The New York Cosmos
20. North American Soccer League
1. What was Pele's name at the time of his birth?
2. How old is he?
3. Did he undergo surgery?
4. To take out what?
5. What kind of infection did he have?
6. What is Pele's aide's name?
7. What news outlet did Jose speak with?
8. Does Pele have a nickname?
9. What is it?
10. What other moniker was he known by?
11. What country is the hospital located in that Pele stayed at?
12. What city?
13. What is the name of the hospital?
14. On what day did they issue a statement?
15. When was Pele to be taken off dialysis?
16. Did he spend time in ICU?
17. What was there that he was in need of?
18. On what day of the week did Pele tweet?
19. What team in New York was he associated with?
20. What league was that team in?