Maradona Quotes - Page 2

• Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world.

  Oliver Kahn

  Successful, Winning, Player

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• Messi is the best that's played the game. Streets ahead of Maradona.

  Joey Barton

  Games, Messi, Streets

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• Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.

  Alex Ferguson

  Player, Today, Messi

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• For 20 years they have asked me the same question, who is the greatest? Pele or Maradona? I replay that all you have to do is look at the facts - how many goals did he score with his right foot or with his head?

  Pele

  Years, Feet, Goal

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• I am not Pele or Maradona

  Robbie Savage

  Wales

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• You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all.

  Tommy Docherty

  Duncan

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• Stoichkov is a great person and an exceptional player... Only if we had him at Napoli... can you imagine the Stoichkov-Maradona attacking duo?

  Diego Maradona

  Player, Argentina, Duos

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• Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else.

  Adriano Galliani

  Player, Messi, All Time

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• Leo [Messi] is the best player of all time - better than Pele, Maradona or Cruyff. There have been some great teams in history - Pele's Brazil, Cruyff's Ajax, Sacchi's Milan - but in the past 20 years this Barcelona team is the best.

  Xavi

  Team, Player, Past

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• He is an exceptional talent. I still think Diego Maradona is the best player I have ever seen but Messi is closing in fast. He's a wonderful sight in full flight and we are lucky to have him around.

  Ander Herrera

  Player, Thinking, Sight

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• As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasnt made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.

  Daniel Alarcon

  Boys, Cups, Different

  "Daniel Alarcón" by Jennifer L. Knox, www.newyorker.com. June 14 & 21, 2010.

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• He is the best. The best in the world, yes. Probably the best ever. I saw Maradona a couple of times. I never saw Pele. But Cristiano is amazing. This man is the best... Cristiano is a goals machine. He is an incredible player. He is like Zidane, there will never be another Ronaldo.

  Jose Mourinho

  Couple, Player, Men

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• For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls

  David Pleat

  Men, Balls, Small Man

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• Messi has all the conditions to be the best, but first he has to beat Maradona, Romario and then eventually Pele.

  Michel Patini

  Messi, Firsts, Being The Best

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• I find it embarrassing when people compare me to Maradona. How can they? There is only one Maradona. People who say this just have no idea, they don't know what they are talking about. Diego was a complete one-off who will never have an equal on the football pitch. No-one, I repeat no-one, could have transformed teams like he did. Maradona was the world's greatest-ever player while I'm just an apprentice.

  Sergio Aguero

  Football, Team, Player

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