Diego Maradona Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Lord helps those who help themselves.

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

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

I'm alive and I want to keep living.

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

All the people that criticised me should eat their words.

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

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

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

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

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

Pele should go back to the museum.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm not desperate [but] I know that some day I'll be the coach again of some team.

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

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