Lionel Messi Quotes

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Lionel Messi

June 24 , 1987 – Present

Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

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"It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

-- Lionel Messi

"It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

-- Lionel Messi

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

-- Lionel Messi

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

-- Lionel Messi

"I like to analyze games. I like to be involved in football."

-- Lionel Messi

"I like to analyze games. I like to be involved in football."

-- Lionel Messi

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

-- Lionel Messi

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

-- Lionel Messi

"I never set out to be the best player in history."

-- Lionel Messi

"I never set out to be the best player in history."

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"Every time I start a year, I start with the objective of trying to achieve everything."

-- Lionel Messi

"Every time I start a year, I start with the objective of trying to achieve everything."

-- Lionel Messi

"When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team."

-- Lionel Messi

"When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team."

-- Lionel Messi

"The goal is to keep improving and not think that there is anything impossible."

-- Lionel Messi

"The goal is to keep improving and not think that there is anything impossible."

-- Lionel Messi

"You can learn from the bad times."

-- Lionel Messi

"You can learn from the bad times."

-- Lionel Messi

"I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else."

-- Lionel Messi

"I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else."

-- Lionel Messi

"I am the same person I have always been."

-- Lionel Messi

"I am the same person I have always been."

-- 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

"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

"Being named among the best is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won."

-- Lionel Messi

"Being named among the best is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won."

-- Lionel Messi

"You can only overcome so much if you don't love the thing that you're doing."

-- Lionel Messi

"You can only overcome so much if you don't love the thing that you're doing."

-- Lionel Messi

"What I do is play football, which is what I like."

-- Lionel Messi

"What I do is play football, which is what I like."

-- Lionel Messi

"The day you think there are no improvements to be made is a sad one."

-- Lionel Messi

"The day you think there are no improvements to be made is a sad one."

-- Lionel Messi

"I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world."

-- Lionel Messi

"I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world."

-- Lionel Messi

"The truth is that I don't like being compared to anybody."

-- Lionel Messi

"The truth is that I don't like being compared to anybody."

-- Lionel Messi

"There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy child smile."

-- Lionel Messi

"There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy child smile."

-- Lionel Messi

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

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

-- Lionel Messi

"You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen."

-- Lionel Messi

"You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen."

-- Lionel Messi

"I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at the moment. Instinct. That's what has always led me most of the time."

-- Lionel Messi

"I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at the moment. Instinct. That's what has always led me most of the time."

-- Lionel Messi

"The best thing is to look ahead and move forward."

-- Lionel Messi

"The best thing is to look ahead and move forward."

-- Lionel Messi

"The important thing is to have respect for your teammates."

-- Lionel Messi

"The important thing is to have respect for your teammates."

-- Lionel Messi

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Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.

What is Lionel Messi's most famous quote? +

One of Lionel Messi's most widely shared quotes is: "You can learn from the bad times.".

What did Lionel Messi say about success? +

On success, Lionel Messi said: "You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.".

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On motivation, Lionel Messi said: "I start early, and I stay late, day after day, year after year.".

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