Diego Maradona

Argentine soccer legend

Contemporary influential 167 sayings

Sayings by Diego Maradona

The game was played with a lot of pressure, and when you play with pressure, you make mistakes.

Unknown — Post-match analysis
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I always wanted to be a world champion, and I achieved it. I always wanted to be the best, and I achieved it.

Unknown — Interview
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I am not a saint. I am not a devil. I am just a football player.

Unknown — Interview
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I believe in God, but I also believe in myself.

Unknown — Interview
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I have a tattoo of Che Guevara, and I have a tattoo of Fidel Castro. I support them.

2005 — Interview, discussing his political sympathies
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I am not a saint, but I am not a devil either. I am just a human being.

Unknown — Interview
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I have always been a controversial figure, and I will continue to be one.

Unknown — Interview
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Football is the most beautiful game in the world. It's a religion for me.

Unknown — Interview
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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.

Unknown — Interview
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I don't regret anything. I have lived my life to the fullest.

Unknown — Interview
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I am a simple man, but I have a big heart.

Unknown — Interview
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I am not a god, but I am a football player.

Unknown — Interview
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I have always been a winner, and I will continue to be one.

Unknown — Interview
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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.

2000s — Recalling an incident during the 1994 World Cup
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My mother thinks I am the best. And I say, 'Mom, I am the best.'

2000s — During an interview
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I don't believe in God because I've never met him. But I believe in Maradona.

1990s — Reported quote about himself
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I said to my sister: 'If I don't win the World Cup, I'm going to kill myself.'

2000s — Recalling his determination before the 1986 World Cup
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To play without the ball is like dancing with your sister.

1990s — Explaining his philosophy on football
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When I wear a suit, I'm just Diego. But when I wear the [Argentina] shirt, I'm Maradona.

2000s — During an interview
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I am going to build a maternity ward for all the babies who will be born with names of Maradona, Diego or Marado.

1980s — Speaking about his popularity in Naples
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