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"He Made Art, Not Football": Legend of Diego Maradona, Celebrating 60 - Walla! sport

2020-10-29T07:47:48.045Z


Explaining in words the magic that was a former Argentine player is no easy task, so we transferred the right to speak to the most bitter opponents, and to the stars who grew up on it. On the occasion of Maradona's 60th birthday on Friday, we have collected the biggest quotes his unrestrained mouth has issued - and those that have been said about him. Have fun


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"He made art, not football": The legend of Diego Maradona, who celebrates 60

Explaining in words the magic that was a former Argentine player is no easy task, so we transferred the right to speak to the most bitter opponents, and to the stars who grew up on it.

On the occasion of Maradona's 60th birthday on Friday, we have collected the biggest quotes his unrestrained mouth has issued - and those that have been said about him.

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Diego Maradona as a player juggling the ball during training (Twitter)

1. "When Diego scored the second goal in front of us, I wanted to applaud. I had never felt this way before. It was impossible to score such a beautiful goal"


(England international Gary Lineker, after the famous 1986 World Cup goal)



2. "I saw Maradona Doing things that even God did not know were possible. There was always someone guarding him, always someone hanging on to him, and yet he provided magic. Genius "


(Zico)



3." For all Argentines, Diego is God - and always will be "


(Carlos Tevez)



4." He did impossible things. Even if he did not always train, he was always fit, always impossible to stop. He won games alone "


(Marcel Desai)



5." The greatest player he ever was, even greater discrimination. I watched him closely in Italy every week. And he was on a different level than anyone else. Some of the things he did were extraordinary. He controlled the ball without looking at all "


(Rod Hulitt)



6." I have never seen such things in training. Unfortunately only we, his teammates, saw them, not the crowd. It was impossible to recreate the things he did. He never lost an internal training game "


(former Napoli player Francesco Romano)



7." A genius, a true artist, he could have won a game on his own, alone "


(Bobby Robes

Wen)



8. "There will be no more Maradona, not even if Messi wins three consecutive World Cups or conquers a half number"


(Former Argentine player Hector Henrique)



9. "The real difference between Maradona and Pele is that Diego was not surrounded by great players.

He had to do everything himself.

If you had taken him out of Argentina, she could not have won the World Cup.

Brazil without Pele would still have won "


(Eric Cantona)



10." What Zidane can do with a ball, Maradona can do with an orange "


(Michel Platini)

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11. "Argentina has before and after Maradona"


(former Argentine president Julio Grundona)



12. "Even if I play another million years, I will never reach his level. Neither will I land. He is the greatest he ever was"


(Lionel Messi)



13. "I always say he's the greatest footballer in history, but I do not respect him as an athlete and I will never respect him"


(former England goalkeeper Peter Shelton, who received the hand of God from him)



14. "Did he scare defensive players? He scared everyone! Impossible! Had to play against him "


(John Barnes)



15." It was impossible to know where he ended up and the ball started "


(Jose Mourinho)



16." He was from another planet "


(Maradona's youth coach, Francisco Cornho)



17." People "I'm asked who was bigger - Maradona or Fala. You can't compare. Pele scored goals, Maradona created them. He also scored a lot, but he created so much more, not only with his dedication but also with the territories he gave to others"


(Aussie Ardiles )



18. "Technically, he's the most perfect player in history"


(Jorge Valdano)



19. "He left everyone speechless when he was with the ball"


(Sepp Blatter)



20. "He won games all by himself, in 1986 he was on a different level From everything else "


(Zinedine Zidane)

21. "He's without a doubt the best player he's ever been, in my opinion. He had an incredible pace, skills and an extraordinary desire to win"


(Wayne Rooney)



22. "The best player I played against, by a huge margin. He was the perfect player"


(Terry Mud R)



23. "He was an artist"


(Jürgen Klinsmann)



24. "He's the fastest player I've ever seen with the ball. His pace was scary, you couldn't stop him"


(Bobby Charlton)



25. "I was lucky To train with him and see him every day. For some of the things he did you could not dream at all, it was ridiculous "


(Gianfranco Zola)



26." It was impossible to know what you would get with him. He was brilliant and able to make games on his own. He was improvised From birth "


(Emanuel Petty)



27." There is only one word for this man - genius. What he did with the ball was not football, but art "


(Georga Haji)



28." He could play alone, and still win "


(Franco Barzi)



29. "Pele was my idol, but for me there is no question that Maradona was the greatest. I dreamed of playing with him, even a few minutes. I learned a lot just from watching him"


(Roberto Carlos)



30. "When he ran with the ball, it looked like he was Stick to his leg.I remember training with him - we were all stunned, we just stopped and hes

We consumed it.

We were lucky to see his genius "


(former Barcelona player Jose Crasco)

And now, to Diego's own quotes

31. "I'm black or white, I'll never be gray"



32. "My mother always thought I was the best, and I was brought up to believe what my mother says"



33. "Seeing the ball and running after it - it makes me the happiest person in the world"



34. "He probably took the wrong pill, I suggest sixty next time and replace a doctor"


(on Pele, who claimed Neymar was better than Messi)



35. "My legitimate children are Dalma and Giannina. The rest are results of money and mistakes"



36. " I waited for my teammates and no one came. I told them, 'Come hug me, or the referee will not approve the goal' "


(by" The Hand of God ")



37." Everything Chavez and Castro do is best for me. Bush is a killer. "



38. "Those who did not believe me are welcome to come and suck me. I am grateful to my players and the residents of Argentina. The rest of the people - keep sucking"


(during a difficult period as Argentina national team coach)



39. "Messi scores goals and celebrates. Ronaldo scores and poses Like he's in a shampoo commercial "



40." God makes me play well. Playing bad will betray him. "

41. "Donald Trump is like a character in a cartoon. Every time he appears on TV, I broadcast a channel"



42. "There should be no debate about who the greatest actor ever was, me or Pele. Everyone will say I am. Pele should go back to the museum"



43 "I have always been and always will be addicted to drugs. Whoever gets into this story has to fight every day"



44. "What I like most about Norway is the women. In Argentina I am used to fat women and hairy journalists"



45. "I hate everything that comes from the United States"



46 "Everything can be said about me - except I do not take risks"



47. "I do not care about money, I do what I want at any given moment"



48. "When people succeed, it's thanks to hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success"



49. "David Beckham is a nice man, but he's a nice player - no more. There are hundreds like him in the world"



50. "It felt like we won a country, not a team"


(about the famous game against England in 1986)

51. "I've worked hard all my life. Those who say everything came to me easily can kiss my ass"



52. "Maybe Neymar is the best player in the world - only if they say Messi is from another planet"



53. "Playing without an audience is like playing in a cemetery"



54. "Imagine what an actor I would have been without the drugs"



55. "From the day I was born I remember my mother saying, 'My stomach hurts' whenever there was food on the table. At 13 I finally realized - she never really had a stomach ache, She just wanted to make sure we ate "



56." It's useless to want to become the leader of a man who goes to the bathroom 20 times before a game. You have to stop worshiping him. There's Messi who plays for Barcelona and there's Messi after Argentina's. He's a great player, but he does not talk about the pitch. He prefers to play the PlayStation



.

"

57." Did I watch the team? No, I do not like to watch horror movies. Time to betray and lie to people. So Argentina is not going to win games, I'm sorry "


(on the Argentina national team, in 2019)



58." If my grandson plays Independiente I will cut the "



Zen" 59. "When you have approx.

For so much power, you can do a lot of silly things, like what's happening now at FIFA.

There's always corruption, scandals of addicted games - it's not football.

We are no longer talking about football here.

I'm not surprised Blatter was re-elected, FIFA is like a big museum. Everyone there is dinosaurs who are not willing to give up power. They will continue until age 105 and 110, and unfortunately football will remain unchanged "



60." Pele has lost his virginity to a man "

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