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.
DIEGO MARADONAI’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.
More Diego Maradona Quotes
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When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.
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Pele should go back to the museum.
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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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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.
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I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family.
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When God decides its time, I guess he’ll come for us.
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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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I hate everything that comes from the United States. I hate it with all my strength.
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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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Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality.
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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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I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody.
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I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, I told them, ‘Come hug me or the referee isn’t going to allow it.’
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To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.
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