Lionel Messi Quotes

Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream"

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.

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"

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

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.

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision"

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"

Allow yourselves to dream and then chase after those dreams. That will always require effort and sacrifice, but be persistent!”

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."

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"

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"

Being a dad changes everything for the better and I’m really enjoying it.

I’m never satisfied. I always push my limits and try to get better every day"

When you lose, you get up, you make mistakes and you learn. And then you become a better player"

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