Everybody in Argentina can remember the hand of God in the England match in the 1986 World Cup. Now, in my country, the hand of God has brought us an Argentinian pope.
DIEGO MARADONAMessi I think is like me, he is the best in the world along with Ronaldinho.
More Diego Maradona Quotes
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At the moment there are some England players who are the stars of their club teams, but not for their country. It’s difficult to explain.
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Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment.
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Of course in the first matches you are more careful, perhaps more careful than you should be.
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The Lord helps those who help themselves.
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I am black or white, I’ll never be grey in my life.
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All the people that criticised me should eat their words.
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Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality.
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I’ll be too old to face a difficult championship as the one in America will surely be.
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God makes me play well. That is why I always make the sign of the cross when I walk out onto the field. I feel I would be betraying Him if I didn’t.
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Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he’s in a shampoo commercial.
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Pele should go back to the museum.
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I’m not desperate but I know that some day I’ll be the coach again of some team.
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Even if there was a hand, it was the hand of God.
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I certainly have an advantage over some because I can pass on so much from the World Cups I played in.
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There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen – me or Pele. Everyone would say me.
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The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well.
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When God decides its time, I guess he’ll come for us.
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The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.
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When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end.
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To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.
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I’m alive and I want to keep living.
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It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.
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If you don’t want to play clean football then go up into the stands
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When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.
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I’ve seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentinian football and his name is Messi. He’s a leader and is offering classes in beautiful football.
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I was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it everyday.
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