A fitting tribute to perhaps the greatest of all time - in all his genius, sagacity, hedonism, and excess

My mother thinks I am the best. And I was raised to always believe what my mother tells me.

• Diego Maradona

In Argentine football there is a before and after Maradona.

• Julio Grondona

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

• Michel Platini

Even if I played for a million years, I'd never come close to Maradona. Not that I'd want to anyway. He's the greatest there's ever been.

• Lionel Messi

I was, I am, and... read the rest.