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 MaradonaRead
I'd give my life to be the national team coach.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the deep passion and commitment one can have towards a role or responsibility.
Diego Maradona's declaration highlights the immense dedication and desire he feels to lead the national team as its coach. It illustrates the idea that true leaders are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of their team and the values they represent, emphasizing leadership as a profound commitment rather than just a position of authority.
In practice
During a motivational speech to young athletes, emphasizing the importance of commitment.
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
God makes me play well. That is why I always make the sign of the cross when I walk out onto the field. I feel I would be betraying Him if I didn't.
When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end.
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.
To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world
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I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.
You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.
The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general.
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