Lionel Messi Quotes (Author of Kid Athletes)

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

My ambition is always to get better and better.

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.

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

You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.

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

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

Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.

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.

The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training.

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.

Goals are only important if they win games.

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.

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.

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.

I start early, and I stay late, day after day after day.

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

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision.

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