Lionel Messi Quotes

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

“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. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.”

“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 like going out, but you have to know when you can and when you can't.”

“I have many years to get better and better, and that has to be my ambition. The day you think there is no improvement to be made is a sad one for any player.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.”

“I never think about the play or visualise anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.”

“Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game, I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.”

“I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.”

“Money is not a motivating factor. 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.”

“What I do is play soccer, which is what I like.”

“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.”

“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 the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team; personal records are secondary.”

“I want to concentrate on being part of a team, not just on me.”

“Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.”

“I never set out to be the best player in history. I think I'm just another footballer. My intention is that when I retire, I will be remembered for being a good person.”

“On a personal note, I think it won't be until after I've retired that I'm fully aware of what I've done or what I've gone on to achieve in my career.”

“I am competitive and I feel bad when we lose. You can see it in me when we've lost. I don't like to talk to anyone.”

“Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time.”

“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.”

“I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.”

“The truth is that I don't have a favourite goal. I remember important goals more than favourite goals, like goals in the Champions League and the World Cup.”

“It's scoring goals that's great, whether against Brazil or anybody else.”