65 Quotes by Mario Kempes

All of us know that Messi cannot win alone, except for the fanatics or the mental patients who put in doubt Messi's talents, saying that he is a bottler, that he feels nothing for Argentina, that he doesn't sing the anthem, that he goes to the bathroom 50 times before a game. Those are things that are said to make an impression.

When Diego won the World Cup in 1986, perhaps he had the luck that Messi has not had. Diego had very good teammates and things went well.

I started every match knowing that this could be my day. It's like in life; you can have a bad business idea, but then you have a new one the next day and you just go for it.

The game was different then, when I used to play. The ball ran more than the players and to some extent there was greater technical skill.

Clearly finals are one-off games and they always depend on starting well in order to impose yourself on the game.

I think players of the national team are not entitled to make an opinion about who is making the team and who is not. At least in my days it was like that.

This is one thing every coach can take from Menotti. If you win the World Cup, no one can criticize you.

You can only succeed by playing in the way which comes naturally to you.

Maradona doesn't play soccer anymore, he coaches it. He needs to remember that.