Soccer Quotes - Maradona

Maradona after the 2005 UEFA Champions League final (AC Milan vs. Liverpool)

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:38:13 -0700

"The English club proved that miracles really do exist. I've now made Liverpool my English team. They showed that football is the most beautiful sport of all."

Maradona on Juan Sebastian Veron

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:36:59 -0700

"Juan is something special. Manchester United have bought a true great. There are few players in the world who you can say possess everything. But, yes, Juan Veron is one of those few. I believe he will one day be remembered as a true great of our game. United have got a player who can follow in the footsteps of all the legendary players they have had at the club."

Maradona on himself

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:35:57 -0700

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

Maradona on himself

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:35:27 -0700

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

Maradona on drug addiction (1996)

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:34:22 -0700

"I was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it every day."

Maradona on FIFA's best player ever award

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:33:24 -0700

"I had the vote of the people. Pele won by the book."

Maradona on the Hand of God goal, years later

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:32:13 -0700

"It was like pick-pocketing the English and stealing a win."

Maradona's answer when asked about the infamous goal vs. England in 1986

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:31:08 -0700

"It was the hand of God."

Maradona on beating England in the 1986 World Cup

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:29:44 -0700

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

Maradona on God

soccerquotes — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:28:56 -0700

"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."