Mario Kempes

I love travelling and if my wife and my daughter are with me - I am happy.

— Mario Kempes

I remember listening to my first World Cup in 1966. I was with my parents, helping them build our house and listening…

— Mario Kempes

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

— Mario Kempes

I love working, wherever it is.

— Mario Kempes

It's impossible to replace him. You will not find another Messi, but you can train a team without having the best in…

— Mario Kempes

I am just one of many who have played their part in Argentina's football history.

— Mario Kempes

The game was different then, when I used to play. The ball ran more than the players and to some extent there…

— Mario Kempes

I couldn't be bothered with the whole shaving-every-couple-of-days routine.

— Mario Kempes

I am lucky because I can feel at home anywhere, I don't get homesick.

— Mario Kempes

If you ask me who I would have liked to play with, I would say that with Messi.

— Mario Kempes

I will tell you another thing, we Argentines criticise Messi because we are specialists in criticising what is ours.

— Mario Kempes

Argentina have always produced very good players, and mine is just another name on the list.

— Mario Kempes

In one game I'd have defenders completely wiping me out, but three days later I'd have my chance to get revenge. What…

— Mario Kempes

When you're a player and you win the World Cup and other titles you don't get the chance to enjoy the moment…

— Mario Kempes

Messi is Messi and Messi is Barcelona.

— Mario Kempes

I have stopped being a Valencia ambassador through contract but not through the heart.

— Mario Kempes

All of us know that Messi cannot win alone, except for the fanatics or the mental patients who put in doubt Messi's…

— Mario Kempes

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

— Mario Kempes

A World Cup without Argentina and without Messi would be a catastrophe.

— Mario Kempes

Argentina is a powerhouse in soccer.

— Mario Kempes

I wasn't your average striker because I didn't play as an out-and-out centre-forward.

— Mario Kempes

For any tournament to succeed, you need the big guns to fire.

— Mario Kempes

I started every match knowing that this could be my day. It's like in life; you can have a bad business idea,…

— Mario Kempes

On the field Icardi always does a good job, what he does off it, I don't care at all. What I do…

— Mario Kempes

English football is a lot different to Spanish football but Soldado is an international for Spain, he is a player who has…

— Mario Kempes