I honestly think I would swap all that I have won in my career to win something with the Argentine national team.
Ángel Di María, June 2015It's crazy that it has happened this way. I wanted it very much. I knew God was going to give it to me, I sensed it was going to be this.
FIFA World Cup 2022Lionel Messi, December 2022, on Argentina winning the World CupArgentina in dreamland! Lionel Messi sent the Lusail stadium into raptures as he held the World Cup aloft in Qatar, having guiding Argentina to glory through a nerve-wracking penalty shootout against France in one of the greatest ever finals.
FIFA World Cup 2022Unknown (English newspaper), December 2022, on Argentina winning the World CupI am indebted to the whole world and I have yet to visit many large countries, especially some that have never received a visit from a Pope, but I always carry my Argentina in my heart.
Pope Francis, October 2022Everybody in Argentina can remember the hand of God in the England match in the 1986 World Cup. Now, in my country, the hand of God has brought us an Argentinian pope.
Diego Maradona, March 2013There is much to be done in Argentina, so that everyone can live with the dignity of work and so that there are no second-class citizens. But nothing important or stable will be achieved with aggressive polarisation.
Pope Francis, October 2022It was an incredible Cup! We know that we can still improve many things. But I couldn't be more proud to be captain of this spectacular team.
Lionel Messi, July 2021, after Copa América finalsI don't think that Argentinian cinema is well-known outside Argentina the way it should be.
Guillermo del ToroLatins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
Brazil, South AmericaMarlene DietrichI repeat what I always say: I want the best for Argentina in every way. I never try to make trouble for anybody.
Lionel Messi