October 30, 2023 – 14:04
63 years after his birth, we remember the most emblematic phrases of the greatest Argentine idol.
The following are the most emblematic phrases of the soccer star Diego Armando Maradonawho died on November 25, 2020, who would have turned 63 today:
- “I grew up in a private neighborhood in Buenos Aires… Deprived of water, electricity and telephone” (about his origins in Fiorito).
- “I was wrong and I paid, but the ball is not stained” (in his farewell match on the Boca court).
- “They cut off my legs” (World Cup USA 94).
- “The first goal against England? It was the hand of God. I apologize to the English people, really, but I would do it again a thousand times. I stole their wallet without them realizing it, without them blinking” (About his goal in the 1986 World Cup).
- “Playing without an audience is playing inside a cemetery” (about games during a pandemic).
- “Sorry to the ladies, let them continue sucking it” (in response to questions about his work as coach of the Argentine National Team).
- “You too, Pasman, you also have it in you” (to the journalist who criticized him as coach of the Argentine National Team).
- “No, no, I think it’s a shame you don’t have anyone, teacher, fight him, annoy him, but pity… anyone” (to José Sanfilippo on television).
- “I heard the Pope say that the Church cared about poor children. But sell the roof, you beast, do something!”
- “The roof of the Vatican is full of gold. And on top of that the Pope was an archer, that tells you everything” (criticisms of the Church).
- “Segurola and Habana 4310, seventh floor. And let’s see if it lasts 30 seconds” (the dispute with former player Julio César Toresani).
- “Pelé debuted with a kid. Yes, yes, he debuted with a kid. This is for all Brazilians… and for Argentines too” (his rivalry with the former Brazilian player).
- “I am more important than (Mauricio) Macri: he can sell 100,000 cars, but I gave away football around the world” (his rivalry with the former president of Boca and Argentina).
- “I would ask Santa Claus to stop my life at 25, so that I could always play ball.”
- “Assholes are like ants, they are everywhere.”
- “Let me live my life, I don’t want to be an example to anyone” (when talking about the idolatry it generates).
- “I have played Barcelona-Real Madrid, but Boca-River is different. My chest swells, it’s like sleeping with Julia Roberts” (comparison between the Spanish and Argentine classic).
- “(Julio) Grondona lost his temper” (criticism of the former president of the AFA).
- “Arriving in the area and not being able to kick the goal is like dancing with your sister.”
- “With my illness I gave advantages, do you know what player I would have been if I had not taken drugs?” (regarding his addictions).
- “My dreams are two. My first dream is to play in the World Cup and the second is to become Octava champion and whatever follows in the eastern championship” (at 12 years old in a video).
- “No matter what happens and whoever directs, the number 10 shirt will always be mine” (about the Argentine National Team).
- “Beating River is like your mom coming to wake you up with a kiss in the morning” (the unique feeling of winning a superclásico).
- “I thought Berlusconi was coming and I met the cartonero Báez” (about Mauricio Macri as president of Boca).
- “That the fan is dying for a hug between Maradona and Riquelme? No. Tell him that he is going to stay alive” (about his feud with the former Boca player).
- “When they say that I am God, I answer that they are wrong: I am a simple soccer player. God is God and I am Diego” (about devotion to his figure).
- “La Tota integrated the barrier when they attacked me from all sides” (about her love relationship with her mother).
- “I had planned to score two goals against Gatti, but now that he called me chubby I’m going to score four” (before Bocaante Argentinos Juniors, where he played).
- “I was, I am and I will be a drug addict” (about his drug addiction. He said it in 1996).
- “Being left out of a World Cup is only comparable to seeing how your old lady gets hit and you are tied to a chair” (after Argentina’s elimination from France 1998).
- “Being Maradona is beautiful. I’m a normal guy who, for scoring a goal against the English, who killed us kids in the Malvinas, today people know me. But I’m the most normal guy” (about himself).
Source: Ambito
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