Diego Maradona
Argentine soccer legend
Sayings by Diego Maradona
The game was played with a lot of pressure, and when you play with pressure, you make mistakes.
I always wanted to be a world champion, and I achieved it. I always wanted to be the best, and I achieved it.
I am not a saint. I am not a devil. I am just a football player.
I believe in God, but I also believe in myself.
I have a tattoo of Che Guevara, and I have a tattoo of Fidel Castro. I support them.
I am not a saint, but I am not a devil either. I am just a human being.
I have always been a controversial figure, and I will continue to be one.
Football is the most beautiful game in the world. It's a religion for me.
I always said that I was going to be a world champion, and I was. I always said that I was going to be the best, and I was.
I don't regret anything. I have lived my life to the fullest.
I am a simple man, but I have a big heart.
I am not a god, but I am a football player.
I have always been a winner, and I will continue to be one.
I was waiting for them with a loaded gun. They said: 'Diego, we have to do a drug test.' I was ready to kill them. I was 24, and I was going to kill them.
My mother thinks I am the best. And I say, 'Mom, I am the best.'
I don't believe in God because I've never met him. But I believe in Maradona.
I said to my sister: 'If I don't win the World Cup, I'm going to kill myself.'
To play without the ball is like dancing with your sister.
When I wear a suit, I'm just Diego. But when I wear the [Argentina] shirt, I'm Maradona.
I am going to build a maternity ward for all the babies who will be born with names of Maradona, Diego or Marado.