Friday 9th of March 2012, a day that I will never forget, a day that I have been waiting for since I was 11 years old (1994), a day that I knew in a dream do come true if you work hard to get it.

Since Diego Maradona Signed his contract with Al Wasl football club; I started contacting the Club just to meet my icon Maradona, and after all the effort, I was able to reach Mr. Nasser Obaid who is Maradona's local guide in Dubai who helped me in making this happen.

Following your stories, I learned what does a dream come true means, what happiness means, what sadness means, i learned how to fall & rise again, how to appreciate a talent that we have, how to do what we want without shame, how to take chances, how our emotions drive us to things that might lead us to what life is hiding. From you I learned not to prepare a speech and instead speak what is in my heart.

Diego, in you I believe, you inspire me & every single word you say has a lot of meanings.You are a legend and legends live forever, you are a hero from a fairy tale, but you exist.

Respect,

Khalid Bastaki

Con tu historia de vida, aprendí el verdadero significado de los sueños que se hacen realidad, el verdadero significado de la felicidad, de la tristeza. Aprendí, también, a saber caerme y levantarme de nuevo, a valor del talento que tenemos, hacer lo que uno desea hacer sin tener vergüenza, saber arriesgarse y poder manejar nuestras emisiones, saber ver dónde nos llevan, etc. De vos aprendí a no tener discursos preparados y decir lo que siento desde mi corazón.

Diego, yo creo en vos, me inspirás y cada palabra que decís, significa muchísimo para mí.  Sos una leyenda y las leyendas son para siempre, sos como un héroe en un cuento para nenes, pero vos, en cambio, sos real.

Todo el repeto del mundo hacia vos

Khalid Bastaki