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Argentinian footballer, Birth: 4-10-1955
1.
Playing against a defensive opponent is just as bad as making love to a tree.
Jorge Valdano

2.
The bacillus of efficiency has also attacked football, and some dare to ask what's the point in playing well. I feel tempted to tell about the time they dared to ask Borges what is poetry for, to which he answered: 'What is a sunrise for? What are caresses for? What is the smell of coffee for?'
Jorge Valdano

3.
I'm more afraid of success than failure. Success makes us so sure of ourselves that we do not analyze the factors that lead us to our success. Instead, in failure there's an error that lurks that makes us reflect and in that process there is learning and that makes us better
Jorge Valdano

4.
Poverty is good for nothing, except perhaps for football.
Jorge Valdano

5.
You cannot play with Riquelme without playing for Riquelme.
Jorge Valdano

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6.
Iker Casillas is a legend, a myth, and myths do not give up just like that.
Jorge Valdano

7.
Before he came to Spain, photographers lined up in the discotheques, but they are still there waiting for him. Ronaldo is an obsessive of training, of the gym, of self-improvement. I’ve never seen a player in such good physical condition. He’s a gladiator.
Jorge Valdano

8.
I believe that we have the first genius of the 21st century, Leo Messi.
Jorge Valdano

Quote Topics by Jorge Valdano: Football Feet Legends Play Poverty Home Coffee Waiting Errors Messi Believe Funny Anxiety Do Not Give Up Giving Up Soccer Want Smell Player Success Failure Self Process Genius Tree Jitters
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Every time I set foot on the Bernabeu turf I got the jitters, a kind of anxiety that takes hold of you the moment you step out into the glare of the floodlights.
Jorge Valdano

10.
I want to carry Manuel Neuer to my home.
Jorge Valdano