“The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.”
“In football, as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision.”
“Goals are only important if they win games.”
“The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct.”
“I think my desire to always get better, [to] always want more, to always be my top critic, and accepting the good and the bad.”
“I don’t need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet, and I’ll show you what I can do.”
“I’m lucky to be part of a team that helps me succeed.”
“You can’t be satisfied with your first success. You need to keep challenging yourself to improve.”
“I like to score goals, but I also like to have friends among the people I have played with.”
“When the year starts, the objective is to win with all the collective trophies, personal ones too, to try to win everything.”
“I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct.”
“I am competitive and I feel bad when we lose. You can see it in me when we’ve lost. I’m in a bad way. I don’t like to talk to anyone.”
“You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.”
Quotes by Lionel Messi
“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.”
“I’m always focused on the next goal. I never dwell on the past.”
“I try to use pressure to help me in every game.”
“It’s what you do with the ball that counts. If you are good enough, you can play wherever you want.”
“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’m more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I always want more. Whether it’s a goal or winning a game, I’m never satisfied.”
“I’m more worried about being a good person than being the best footballer in the world.”
“It takes sacrifice as well as talent.”
“You can’t allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before.”
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”
“I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at the moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.”
“I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else.”
“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?”