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
There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world.
I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel? Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion alone of the moment that counts.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.
Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them - this is of the essence of leadership.
You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.
The leader's main job is to make themselves obsolete.
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