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

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona

In the end, it is about whether God wants us to be in the final, but I know that is what God wants. This time we will not need the Hand of God, because it is the will of God.

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona

I have 23 top players and they are all ready to put on the jersey and work on the pitch and that makes you happy and then you have peace of mind.

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona

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.

- Diego Maradona

All the people that criticised me should eat their words.

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona

I'm alive and I want to keep living.

- Diego Maradona

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.

- Diego Maradona

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.

- Diego Maradona

If I could apologise and go back and change history I would do. But the goal is still a goal, Argentina became world champions and I was the best player in the world.

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona

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.

- Diego Maradona

Many people agree with me that many things are not clear in football these days and it is not something people who watch football deserve. The situation will be the same while football is run by people who do not understand football.

- Diego Maradona

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

- Diego Maradona