Top 100 Messi's Quotes
#1. Messi's like a PlayStation. He can take advantage of every mistake we make. He made the impossible possible. He has something exceptional. He has six or seven years in front of him, touchwood that nothing happens to him, and he can reach unbelievable levels.
Arsene Wenger
#2. There's a special part of Messi's brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos of football in his own personal super slow motion.
Carles Puyol
#3. Ronaldo could play for Millwall, QPR, Doncaster Rovers or anyone and he'd score a hat-trick. I'm not sure Messi could do it. Ronaldo's got two feet, he's quick, he's good in the air and he's brave, though Messi's brave too of course. I just think Messi is a Barcelona player.
Alex Ferguson
#4. Whoever Barcelona are playing, you're just interested to watch because Messi's playing.
Luol Deng
#5. I can win the Ballon d'Or, but only if Messi's level drops a bit. It will be very complicated to do so if he keeps up his current form. I really believe I can win the award, but there's not much I can do if Messi maintains this level.
Mario Balotelli
#6. There is no doubt about it, Messi's clearly the best player in the world. He's a phenomenon who has already won everything, but is still hungry for more. His humbleness only makes him greater.
Marco Van Basten
#7. It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.
Frank Rijkaard
#8. There's only one that is a little stronger than me: Messi. All the others are behind me.
Mario Balotelli
#9. 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
#10. And what's Cristiano's style? With his constant search for perfection, he fits the 'classical' mould. He has constantly refined his play, eliminating even the tiniest flourishes to perfect the most utilitarian form and winning formula. Both he and Messi are products of their footballing
Luca Caioli
#11. Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he's in a shampoo commercial.
Diego Maradona
#12. For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.
Lionel Messi
#13. Messi and Neymar will create beauty - just like Picasso's paint brush. I still believe Messi is the best in the world. He has a special magic and is more of a team player than Cristiano. Never before has there been such a difference between the King and the next.
Cesar Luis Menotti
#14. They tell me that all men are equal in God's eyes, this player (Messi) makes you seriously think about those words.
Ray Hudson
#15. Regular readers will know I'm a fan of (Cristiano) Ronaldo, and an even bigger fan of the man who's assumed his mantle with quite astonishing success, Wayne Rooney. But Messi is on a higher plain than even that pair.
Andy Cole
#16. It's scoring goals that's great, whether against Brazil or anybody else.
Lionel Messi
#17. He's a lucky guy Cristiano, he always gets
first row tickets to see Messi win his awards.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
#18. Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world.
Oliver Kahn
#19. It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea or Inter Milan, because they have the intention of trying to stop us rather than playing a game that is more attractive for the spectators to enjoy.
Lionel Messi
#20. Although he may not be human, it's good that Messi still thinks he is.
Javier Mascherano
#21. For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It's a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it's something I can look back on and know I've tested myself against the very best.
John Terry
#22. I'm not envious of Leo [Messi]or Ney [Neymar]. Why would I be? If there is envy in the dressing room, you know it's only going to affect results.
Luis Suarez
#23. Leo [Messi] is the best player of all time - better than Pele, Maradona or Cruyff. There have been some great teams in history - Pele's Brazil, Cruyff's Ajax, Sacchi's Milan - but in the past 20 years this Barcelona team is the best.
Xavi
#24. Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.
Zinedine Zidane
#25. Messi is God, as a person and even more as a player. I knew him when he was a boy and I've watched him grow. He deserves it all.
Samuel Eto'o
#27. We will not take Arsenal lightly for one minute, as they showed in the two matches against us last season that they can be dangerous opponents if we lose our concentration for a moment.
Lionel Messi
#28. 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 for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.
Lionel Messi
#29. Messi won 3 Ballons d'Or and is competing for another one. He will be the best player in the world until he retires.
Sergio Aguero
#30. The way I see it, Messi is the best player in history. He is the one who changes the course of games; he's the best. There is no comparison in my view; he's the world number one and by a margin.
Xavi
#31. It's crazy to say that after three games [without a goal] I was in crisis. I do not care whether I score or not, what matters is that the team win and continue to do so.
Lionel Messi
#32. Messi alone is more dangerous than Real Madrid's attacking trio Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale.
Diego Simeone
#33. Fatherhood changes you completely. If things didn't go my way before, I became withdrawn and didn't want to see or listen to anyone. Now, when I arrive home, I see my son and everything is OK. He's the most important thing to me now.
Lionel Messi
#34. He is an exceptional talent. I still think Diego Maradona is the best player I have ever seen but Messi is closing in fast. He's a wonderful sight in full flight and we are lucky to have him around.
Ander Herrera
#35. Messi is the best player in the world. If he's not already, he'll be the best footballer of all time.
LeBron James
#37. What Messi does is terrifying. It's indescribable magic. You can't analyze it.
Cesar Luis Menotti
#38. 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.
Lionel Messi
#39. Cristiano is an explosive type of player, with great technique, but he's still not as gifted as Messi in my opinion. Messi is more of a genius than Cristiano. Cristiano is so strong physically, so powerful, but Messi has more creativity.
Fabio Capello
#40. There's no doubt. Its certain that ill be 100 percent
Lionel Messi
#41. If Messi is the best in the world, it's only because Cristiano is from another planet.
Jose Mourinho
#42. I prefer that Argentina wins the World Cup. Messi deserves it for all he has done in football. He's my friend, I wish him the best
Neymar
#43. Messi is the world's best and gets physically attacked every game but all he ever does is get up and get on with it.
David Moyes
#44. PSG's project is to dream bigger, but if you buy Messi, you don't dream bigger - you are bigger!
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
#45. If you're speaking of a fantasy player, then it has to be Leo Messi as he's so unpredictable. He's an absolute genius.
Fabio Capello
#46. You know, I'd actually say Lionel Messi. He's so remarkable, watching him play he's probably still undervalued. When you're scoring five goals in one Champions League match, there's no value that's too high.
Billy Beane
#47. Cristiano is better than Messi, without a doubt. He's more of an all-round player
Usain Bolt
#48. Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very, skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona's.
Franz Beckenbauer
#49. Messi, he's exceptional. When you watch him, you feel there's a child inside him and he is making some childhood dream come true. He's a Great Player, not only for today but also tomorrow.
Eric Cantona
#50. Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.
Didier Drogba
#51. I have both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as my idols. If I can take a little of each player's game and make it my own, I would be very happy,
Neymar
#52. 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
#53. I have never been concerned about winning the Ballon d'Or or being the best player in the world. The best player is already here and that's Messi. And now I can see him from close up and help him.
Neymar
#54. Best team player? As good as Lebron James is, I have to go with Messi. What he's doing, he's on pace to becoming the best ever.
Luol Deng
#55. Player I would like to sign for Internazionale? It's easy, the strongest in Europe at the moment is Lionel Messi, so I would say him. Messi has amazing qualities, he is the best of all, number one. That is unquestiionable.
Luis Figo
#56. Messi I think is like me, he is the best in the world along with Ronaldinho.
Diego Maradona
#57. There are 3 or 4 important things in life: Books, Friends, Women ... and Messi
Antonio Lobo Antunes
#58. It doesn't matter where Messi plays, if it's cold or hot, he always proves that he's the best.
Gerard Pique
#59. I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.
Johan Cruyff
#60. Casillas saying he wouldn't sign Messi for Madrid? Messi has a place in every team in the world.
Carlo Ancelotti
#61. For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world ... Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He's in a different league.
Johan Cruijff
#62. Little by little, Leo [Messi] and I are understanding each other better.
Neymar
#63. The best decisions aren't made with your mind, but with your Instinct.
Lionel Messi
#64. The surname Messi comes from the Italian town of Porto Recanati, in the province of Macerata, which saw the birth of the poet Giacomo Leopardi and the tenor Beniamino Gigli.
Luca Caioli
#65. Messi does not need his right foot. He only uses the left and he's still the best in the world. Imagine if he also used his right foot, Then we would have serious problems.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
#66. The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two or three players and is happy to give an assist to a teammate, it makes him more dangerous than ever before.
Michael Laudrup
#67. Cristiano reminds me of German tennis player Michael Stich. He was destined to make history, but then Boris Becker showed up. Cristiano is so fast, so strong, so incredible, but he has one problem: Leo Messi.
Jurgen Klopp
#68. When I see Messi - who is the best player in the world in my opinion - lose the ball, he runs off until he gets it back or commits a foul. Our guys lose the ball and fold their arms.
Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva
#69. Messi is the best that's played the game. Streets ahead of Maradona.
Joey Barton
#70. I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.
Ronaldinho
#71. 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 like going out, but you have to know when you can and when you can't.
Lionel Messi
#72. I was a big fan of Maradona growing up and of the current crop Ronaldo is good but Messi is the best I've ever seen. I don't dish out praise lightly but Messi deserves it. I look for weaknesses in his game and I can't find them.
Roy Keane
#73. People dislike Ronaldo because he's a great player, good-looking and has sex with all the ladies. They get jealous. The only bad thing about Ronaldo's life is Messi. But for him, he would've been the best player in the world for five years in a row.
Luiz Felipe Scolari
#74. From the age of three, I played every day-morning, afternoon and night.
Lionel Messi
#75. I NEVER LOOK BACK AT WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE FUTURE. I CAN LOOK BACK AT WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED WHEN I AM RETIRED - BUT UNTIL THEN IT IS ALL ABOUT FOCUS.
Lionel Messi
#76. Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.
Michel Patini
#77. Without Messi there isn't a team for Argentina, Messi is brilliant, different, with a strong mentality. Let's hope he doesn't change.
Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva
#78. Fella's a genius. Best ever by a distance in my life time. Never really saw Pele ... Souness, Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi is the best they have seen. He plays a game with which we are not familiar.
Gary Lineker
#79. I want to concentrate on winning things with Barcelona and Argentina. Then if people want to say nice things about me when I have retired, great. Right now, I need to concentrate on being part of a team - not just on me.
Lionel Messi
#80. I would pass onto any young player to enjoy your football, play your football as you want to play the game, try and enjoy it and make the most of it.
Lionel Messi
#81. I use Herbalife products on and off the field for energy and focus. That way I can play my best game
Lionel Messi
#82. Lionel Messi? When I played against him at Sevilla it was always very difficult, so now I'm pleased that we're on the same side. He's just fantastic.
Dani Alves
#83. Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.
Lionel Messi
#84. I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.
Kobe Bryant
#85. Messi not scoring? Great players aren't only great because of goals. If they don't score, they offer goals to teammates
Bernd Schuster
#86. I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team. It was an historic year for Barca and for me but it's thanks to the work of everyone.
Lionel Messi
#87. The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn't think/know already ...
Robbie Fowler
#89. Messi is much more than being clever. He is a genius who reserves all his expressiveness for football.
John Carlin
#90. Messi the best player in the world by far. I don't think we'll ever see a player like him again.
Tito Vilanova
#91. Many years ago when I first started my career Maradona told me "to enjoy and play as you know", and that's stayed with me ever since and is the best advice I've been given.
Lionel Messi
#92. What Messi brings to a team, no other player can bring. Messi can break a match wide open.
Mauricio Pochettino
#93. The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Like I always say, one doesn't know what can happen in the future, but if it were up to me to decide, I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career.
Lionel Messi
#94. When my son will be born, my first goal will be for him. The rest, will be as always for my grandmother.
Lionel Messi
#95. I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me.
David Beckham
#96. Motivation is not something I struggle with. I love playing football, I love being in training.
Lionel Messi
#97. Sure, Messi and Ronaldo have scored more goals than me. But I won the treble!
Franck Ribery
#98. I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.
Michael Owen
#99. You couldn't put a value on him, he's on another planet. For me, Lionel Messi is undoubtedly the No.1 player in the world.
Harry Redknapp
#100. Give the opponents more than one reason to stare at your feet.
Lionel Messi
