Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradonais a retired Argentine professional footballer. He has served as a manager and coach at other clubs as well as the national team of Argentina. Many in the sport, including football writers, former players, current players and football fans, regard Maradona to be the greatest football player of all time. He was joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth30 October 1960
beckham good man sure
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.
cross god sign walk
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.
argentina brought england everybody god match
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 are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world.
bad cup english people
I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.
You can say a lot of things about me, but you can never say I don't take risks.
given national perform role sort time
Time will tell what sort of role I could perform with the national team, if I really am given a role,
moments that-moment factors
Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment.
helping lord god-helps-those-who-help-themselves
The Lord helps those who help themselves.
world would-be debate
There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.
football giving want
Carlitos is amazing. He does what he wants with the Arabs. He tells them "I want to go to Buenos Aires" and they say "No, Carlitos, stay here now, we'll give you more money". And then he gets more money!
america faces championship
I'll be too old to face a difficult championship as the one in America will surely be.
mischief bits
Something that just came out of me. It was a bit of mischief.
team desperate coaches
I'm not desperate but I know that some day I'll be the coach again of some team.