“To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.”

Even if there was a hand, it was the hand of God.

The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.

You were only a goalkeeper.

People who say that only young people voted on the Internet, those who didn’t see Pele play, forget that children are not orphans. There’s always a father who buys the computer and perhaps influences their vote. I won the people’s vote.

I’ll be too old to face a difficult championship as the one in America will surely be.

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen – me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team’s victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.

When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.

I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family.

When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.

I am black or white, I’ll never be grey in my life.

My legitimate kids are Dalma and Giannina. The rest are a product of my money and mistakes.

Something that just came out of me. It was a bit of mischief.

When God decides its time, I guess he’ll come for us.

The Lord helps those who help themselves.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.

Happiness is knowin’ you’ve done a good job, whether it’s professional or for another person.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.

When something feels real, you don’t make any apologies for it. When it feels good to you, nothing else matters. Everything else is just noise.