Quotes from Mario Kempes

You don't get called up to the national team because you tell good jokes, you are funny, you are handsome or because you are Messi's friend. You are called up because you have a role at your given club and you have personality.

I started every match knowing that this could be my day. It's like in life; you can have a bad business idea, but then you have a new one the next day and you just go for it.

All teams starting the season should aim to be as high as possible and Valencia are no exception.

People are saying: 'the Argentina uniform should not be stained.' Forget about it. The Argentina uniform is already pretty stained.

Argentina has never been able to convince itself that it can win in Brazil. For some reason we have always struggled.

Maradona is Maradona, that's indisputable, but he doesn't play anymore. He stopped playing a long time ago.

Machines can break down under pressure. But so can humans.