11 self-obsessed personalities in football

‘He is better than Maradona’

#2 Diego Maradona

‘Drugs ruined me

“My mother thinks I am the best. And I was raised to always believe what my mother tells me.” – Mama’s boy Maradona.

Where there is light, there is darkness. Where there are eggs, there are chickens. Where there is Wayne Rooney, there is baldness. Where there is a team-mate’s hot wife, there is John Terry. Where there is a contract renewal, there is Lionel Messi. Where there are hair-gel bottles, there is Cristiano Ronaldo.

Similarly, where there is Pele, there is Diego Maradona.

These two complete each other. They are like a couple without being a couple. When Pele claims to be the best, Maradona chips in and does the exact same thing as the Brazilian – praise himself and undermine his direct rival.

“There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.”

The only thing Maradona doesn’t do is label every other random player as his successor. In this regard, he is more careful. Or perhaps he just considers himself too good to label any rising talent as his successor.

However, before you go to the next slide, here’s a quote revealing that Maradona has a humble side of himself and he takes that abode only for the Almighty.

“God makes me play well. That is why I always make the sign of a cross when I walk out onto the pitch. I feel I would be betraying him if I didn't.”

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