You were only a goalkeeper.

Pele should go back to the museum.

I'm alive and I want to keep living.

The Lord helps those who help themselves.

I'd give my life to be the national team coach.

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

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.

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

All the people that criticised me should eat their words.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You can say a lot of things about me, but you can never say I don't take risks.

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

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

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

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

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

To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, ... I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it.'

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

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.

At the moment there are some England players who are the stars of their club teams, but not for their country. It's difficult to explain.

Share This Page