Football is not just a game; it’s an emotion.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

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

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

Of course in the first matches you are more careful, perhaps more careful than you should be.

I’ve seen players with better talent than me, but they don’t have the heart.

I hate everything that comes from the United States. I hate it with all my strength.

I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family.

Poverty is bad, it’s difficult, I knew it well. You want lots of things and all you can do is dream about them. It would be nice if there were more justice – if those who have a lot had a little less, and those who have a little had a little more.

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

If you think you’re perfect, you’ll never be.

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

God makes me play well. That is why I always make the sign of the cross when I walk out onto the field. I feel I would be betraying Him if I didn’t.

Reaching the penalty box and not getting in a shot on goal is like dancing with your sister.

I certainly have an advantage over some because I can pass on so much from the World Cups I played in.

Football is a game of mistakes.

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.

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen – me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

No matter what happens, and no matter who is in charge, the number 10 shirt will always be mine.

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.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

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

I’ve come to add something and not to take away anyone’s position.

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

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

You can’t be a great player without a great team.

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

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

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.

All the people that criticised me should eat their words.

I was born to play football.

The Lord helps those who help themselves.

I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi. Messi is a genius.

I’m alive and I want to keep living.

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

I never gave up on my dreams.

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.

When God decides its time, I guess he’ll come for us.

I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody.

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.

To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.

I have two God-given talents: I can play football and I can make people laugh.

When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.

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

I worked hard all my life for this. Those who say I don’t deserve anything, that it all came easy, can kiss my arse.

The ball is my friend.

Even if there was a hand, it was the hand of God.

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

He feels the ball and that is the difference from the rest.

I am proud to be Argentinian.

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

It was scored a little bit with the head of Diego and a little with the hand of God.

If you don’t want to play clean football, then go up into the stands.

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