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32 quotes by Diego Maradona

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona], born 30 October 1960) is an Argentine former footballer. He has served as a manager and coach at other clubs as well as for the national team of Argentina. Many experts, football critics, former players, current players and football fans regard Maradona as the greatest...
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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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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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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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To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.

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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... →

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

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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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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... →

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All the people that criticised me should eat their words.

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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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There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world.

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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... →

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