“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.”– Lionel Messi
“Little by little, I’m getting better all the time. I’ve not lost the passion to play.” ― Lionel Messi
“Whether it’s a goal, or winning a game, I’m never satisfied.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training.” ― Lionel Messi
“This is why I didn’t go out to parties and many other things. I am successful because I made sacrifices for success.” ― Lionel Messi
“It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“Goals are only important if they win games.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“I’m never satisfied. I always push my limits and I always try to get better every day.” ― Lionel Messi
“I’m not the sort of guy who shouts and screams before a match.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“I like to score goals but I also like to have friends among the people I have played with.” ― Lionel Messi
“Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.” ― Lionel Messi
“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.” ― Lionel Messi
“I still have a lot of room for improvement. For example, I want to shoot equally well with both feet.” ― Lionel Messi
“You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.” ― Lionel Messi
“I’m always proudest whenever I’ve been part of a trophy-winning team. Lifting a title makes me feel so happy because it’s what I want to do in football: be successful.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.” ― Lionel Messi
“I don’t consider myself the greatest player in Barcelona’s history. Because I know it’s Ronaldinho. I still remember that he was the one who assisted my first ever Barcelona goal. He wasn’t simply passing the ball, he was passing the torch to me.” ― Lionel Messi
“A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.” ― Lionel Messi
“I don’t know, I’ve liked football since I was a kid and I’ve always dreamt of becoming a professional footballer, I never thought of any other job.” ― Lionel Messi
“Money is not a motivating factor…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.” ― Lionel Messi
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” ― Lionel Messi
“When the year starts, the objective is to win with all the team, personal records are secondary.” ― Lionel Messi
“Day-to-day motivation isn’t a problem for me.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision.” ― Lionel Messi
“Being a bit famous now gives me the opportunity to help people who really need it, especially children.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“I start early, and I stay late, day after day after day.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“What I do is play football, which is what I like.” ― Lionel Messi
“I do it because I love it and that’s all I care about.” ― Lionel Messi
“I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.” ― Lionel Messi
“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.” ― Lionel Messi
“Sometimes you have to accept you can’t win all the time.” ― Lionel Messi
“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. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.”– Lionel Messi
“Barcelona is my life, they have brought me to where I am today, I could not leave, I don’t want to leave. My heart stays with Barcelona.” ― Lionel Messi
“My ambition is always to get better and better.” ― Lionel Messi
“It doesn’t matter if I am better than Cristiano Ronaldo, all that matters is that Barcelona are better than Madrid.” ― Lionel Messi
“The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct.” ― Lionel Messi
“The only thing that matters is playing. I have enjoyed it since I was a little boy, and I still try to do that every time I go out on to a pitch. I always say that when I no longer enjoy it or it’s no longer fun to do it, then I won’t do it anymore. I do it because I love it and that’s all I care about.” ― Lionel Messi
“I think my desire to always get better, [is a trait that accounts for my success], to always want more, to always be my top critic, and accepting the good and the bad.” ― Lionel Messi
