Maradona Quotes

Diego (Maradona) has filled us with emotions. But between the cracks, without doubt, Messi is better than Maradona. ~ Diego Simeone

Sometimes I think that my whole life is on film, that my whole life is in print. But it's not like that. There are things which are only in my heart-that no one knows. At last I have decided to tell everything." Diego Maradona ~ Diego Armando Maradona

When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end. ~ Diego Maradona

Messi is the best player ever. And this is said by someone who has seen Maradona and Pele play. ~ Adriano Galliani

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

When God decides its time, I guess he'll come for us. ~ Diego Maradona

It's not that difficult to play well and win titles in a team like Barcelona, but it's in the national side where you see a player's true class. That was the case with figures like Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane. With Spain, Iniesta has shown that he is among the best players of all time and that's why I rate him higher than Messi or Ronaldo. Even though the latter two have incredible scoring records for their clubs, they still haven't won anything with Argentina or Portugal respectively. ~ Boris Becker

Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world. ~ Oliver Kahn

Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality. ~ Diego Maradona

I don't think there is anybody bigger or smaller than Maradona. ~ Kevin Keegan

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 find it embarrassing when people compare me to Maradona. How can they? There is only one Maradona. People who say this just have no idea, they don't know what they are talking about. Diego was a complete one-off who will never have an equal on the football pitch. No-one, I repeat no-one, could have transformed teams like he did. Maradona was the world's greatest-ever player while I'm just an apprentice. ~ Sergio Aguero

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

If you don't want to play clean football then go up into the stands. ~ Diego Maradona

I am not Pele or Maradona ~ Robbie Savage

Messi I think is like me, he is the best in the world along with Ronaldinho. ~ Diego Maradona

You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all. ~ Tommy Docherty

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 Lord helps those who help themselves. ~ Diego Maradona

When I finished with him [Maradona] he was like a racing colt. ~ Jimmy Burns

Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else. ~ Adriano Galliani

I was a big fan of Maradona growing up and of the current crop Ronaldo is good but Messi is the best I've ever seen. I don't dish out praise lightly but Messi deserves it. I look for weaknesses in his game and I can't find them. ~ Roy Keane

6. ANDRES INIESTA - SPAIN (No matter what they say six is better than seven) 5. DAVID BECKHAM - ENGLAND (High five!) 4. KAKA - BRAZIL (I'm number four on the list but number one in your heart) 3. DIEGO MARADONA - ARGENTINA (I'm the trifecta!) 2. LIONEL MESSI - ARGENTINA (Watch out I'm right behind you.) 1. PELE - BRAZIL (Knock knock, who's there? Best, Best who, Best Ever) ~ Alex Trost

My mother thinks I am the best. And I was raised to always believe what my mother tells me. ~ Diego Maradona

To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt. ~ Diego Maradona

Pele should go back to the museum. ~ Diego Maradona

The Manchester Derby is bigger and more important than El Classico. ~ Diego Maradona

I wanted to be a soccer player, and I became the best of the best, the number one, better than Maradona, better than Pele, and even better than Messi - but only at night, nighttime, during my dreams. When I wake up, I realized that I have wooden legs and that I'm doomed to be a writer. ~ Eduardo Galeano

He's a leader and is offering lessons in beautiful football. He has something different to any other player in the world. ~ Diego Maradona

Messi has all the conditions to be the best. ~ Romario

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

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

Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category. ~ Alex Ferguson

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

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

I'd give my life to be the national team coach. ~ 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

The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway. ~ Jo Nesbo

People argue between Pele or Maradona. Di Stéfano is the best, much more complete. ~ Pele

Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment. ~ Diego Maradona

Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very, skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona's. ~ Franz Beckenbauer

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

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

I'll be too old to face a difficult championship as the one in America will surely be. ~ Diego Maradona

What I love most about Norway is you ladies. Back home I'm used to fat and hairy women journalists. ~ Diego Maradona

For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls ~ David Pleat

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

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

I see Maradona every time he grabs the ball and accelerates. ~ Pep Guardiola

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence. ~ Emir Kusturica

The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well. ~ Diego Maradona

Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he's in a shampoo commercial. ~ 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

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