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Lionel Messi
39 quotes
“Diego is Diego and for me he is the greatest player of all time. Even after a million years I am not even going to be close to Maradona. I have no intention of comparing myself with Maradona - I want to make my own history for something I have achieved.”
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Recorded in: Response to the Maradona comparisons, 2010
“It doesn't matter if I am better than Cristiano Ronaldo, all that matters is that Barcelona are better than Madrid.”
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Recorded in: After scoring four goals against Arsenal, 2011
“Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) was my hero. He was the best forward I've ever seen. He was so fast that he could score a goal from nothing and he struck the ball better than anyone I've seen.”
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Recorded in: Interview with FourFourTwo, 2012
“Being a dad changes everything for the better and I’m really enjoying it.”
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Recorded in: Interview with TyC Sports, 2014
“Barcelona gave me everything, they took a chance on me when nobody else would. I never have any desire to play for anybody else, I will be here for as long as they want me.”
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Recorded in: Interview with ShortList, 2015
“[Becoming a father] has changed everything. He [Thiago] comes first then everything else. It has also changed the way I see a match. Before if I lost or did something wrong I didn't talk to anyone for three or four days, until it passed. Now, I come home after a game, I see my son and everything is alright.”
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Recorded in: Interview with CONMEBOL, 2015
“I love to see T-shirts or flags with Che Guevara, Diego [Maradona] and Argentina anywhere in the world. It gives me a beautiful feeling.”
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“I will never go to trial against Barça because it is the club that I love, which has given me everything since I arrived here. It's the club of my life, I made my life here. Messi interview with Goal, announced he remains at Barca - NAIJANEWS247 September 4, 2020.”
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“I never set out to be the best player in history. I think I'm just another footballer. On the pitch we are all the same and when the game starts I always try to improve myself. My intention is that when I retire, I will be remembered for being a good person.”
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Recorded in: Qatar World Cup will be my last: Lionel Messi", TBS News (6 October 2022)
“I knew that at some point God was going to give it to me and I don't know why, but I felt it was going to be like this. Once again he made me very happy.”
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Recorded in: After lifting the World Cup trophy 18 December 2022
“In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision”
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“You have to keep working hard and playing well because people will start to forget what you have done before if you don’t”
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“When you lose, you get up, you make mistakes and you learn. And then you become a better player”
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“The day you think there is no improvement to be made, is a sad one”
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“I’m never satisfied. I always push my limits and try to get better every day”
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“Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way possible. But that trait is not something I've worked on, it's part of me”
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“You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman”
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“I always try to improve and score more goals. I want to be the best.”
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“I always want more. Whether it’s a goal, or winning a game, I always want to improve.”
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“My ambition is always to get better and better”
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“For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems”
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“There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if it’s just by signing an autograph. A child’s smile is worth more than all the money in the world”
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“Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time”
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“I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way”
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“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game”
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“The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct”
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“Allow yourselves to dream and then chase after those dreams. That will always require effort and sacrifice, but be persistent!”
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“Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.”
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“I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I’d have to make a lot of sacrifices.”
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“I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people.”
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“Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream”
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“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it”
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“I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football”
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“You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough”
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“I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day”
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“I start early, and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success”
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“I always thought that if you want to be the best, you have to work harder than everyone else”
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“I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy”
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“I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground”
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