Lionel Messi Quotes

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.

My ambition is always to get better and better"

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.

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.

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.

The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct"

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.

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"

I always thought that if you want to be the best, you have to work harder than everyone else"

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.

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game"

I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people."

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it"

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"

The day you think there is no improvement to be made, is a sad one"