Lionel Messi Quotes

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

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"

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

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"

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

I always try to improve and score more goals. I want to be the best."

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"

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"

You have to keep working hard and playing well because people will start to forget what you have done before if you don’t"

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"

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

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."

My ambition is always to get better and better"

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.