Diego Maradona Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 53 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Diego Maradona.
Famous Quotes By Diego Maradona
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 Maradona
Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he's in a shampoo commercial. — Diego Maradona
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.' — Diego Maradona
I'll be too old to face a difficult championship as the one in America will surely be. — Diego Maradona
Stoichkov is a great person and an exceptional player ... Only if we had him at Napoli ... can you imagine the Stoichkov-Maradona attacking duo? — Diego Maradona
The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona. — Diego Maradona
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. — Diego Maradona
I'm alive and I want to keep living. — Diego Maradona
I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family. — Diego Maradona
I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy. — Diego Maradona
When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success. — Diego Maradona
To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world. — Diego Maradona
You can say a lot of things about me, but you can never say I don't take risks. — Diego Maradona
When God decides its time, I guess he'll come for us. — Diego Maradona
My legitimate kids are Dalma and Giannina. The rest are a product of my money and mistakes. — Diego Maradona
Messi I think is like me, he is the best in the world along with Ronaldinho. — Diego Maradona
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. — Diego Maradona
There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me. — Diego Maradona
I'd give my life to be the national team coach. — Diego Maradona
God makes me play well. That is why I always make the sign of a cross when I walk out on to the pitch. I feel I would be betraying him if I didn't. — Diego Maradona
I have 23 top players and they are all ready to put on the jersey and work on the pitch and that makes you happy and then you have peace of mind. — Diego Maradona
The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well. — Diego Maradona
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. — Diego Maradona
What I love most about Norway is you ladies. Back home I'm used to fat and hairy women journalists. — Diego Maradona
You were only a goalkeeper. — Diego Maradona
Beckham is a nice man and I'm sure he will reach 100 appearances for England. But he is just a good player, nothing more. — Diego Maradona
In the end, it is about whether God wants us to be in the final, but I know that is what God wants. This time we will not need the Hand of God, because it is the will of God. — Diego Maradona
Even if there was a hand, it was the hand of God. — Diego Maradona
Pele should go back to the museum. — Diego Maradona
There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world. — Diego Maradona
I certainly have an advantage over some because I can pass on so much from the World Cups I played in. — Diego Maradona
When you win, you don't get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far. — Diego Maradona
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 Maradona
When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end. — Diego Maradona
I am black or white, I'll never be grey in my life. — Diego Maradona
I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi. Messi is a genius. — Diego Maradona
To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt. — Diego Maradona
Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment. — Diego Maradona
If I could apologise and go back and change history I would do. But the goal is still a goal, Argentina became world champions and I was the best player in the world. — Diego Maradona
My mother thinks I am the best. And I was raised to always believe what my mother tells me. — Diego Maradona
I was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it everyday. — Diego Maradona
I hate everything that comes from the United States. I hate it with all my strength. — Diego Maradona
It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team. — Diego Maradona
Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality. — Diego Maradona
Of course in the first matches you are more careful, perhaps more careful than you should be. — Diego Maradona
All the people that criticised me should eat their words. — Diego Maradona
I'm not desperate but I know that some day I'll be the coach again of some team. — Diego Maradona
He's a leader and is offering lessons in beautiful football. He has something different to any other player in the world. — Diego Maradona
I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody. — Diego Maradona