There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen – me or Pele. Everyone would say me.
DIEGO MARADONAI was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it everyday.
More Diego Maradona Quotes
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Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment.
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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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The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.
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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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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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Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he’s in a shampoo commercial.
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Something that just came out of me. It was a bit of mischief.
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Even if there was a hand, it was the hand of God.
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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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Messi I think is like me, he is the best in the world along with Ronaldinho.
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The Lord helps those who help themselves.
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It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.
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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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All the people that criticised me should eat their words.
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What I love most about Norway is you ladies. Back home I’m used to fat and hairy women journalists.
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Many people agree with me that many things are not clear in football these days and it is not something people who watch football deserve. The situation will be the same while football is run by people who do not understand football.
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If you don’t want to play clean football then go up into the stands
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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.
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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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My legitimate kids are Dalma and Giannina. The rest are a product of my money and mistakes.
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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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Of course in the first matches you are more careful, perhaps more careful than you should be.
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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’d give my life to be the national team coach.
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I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family.
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My mother thinks I am the best. And I was raised to always believe what my mother tells me.
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