Quotes by Lionel Messi

Theres nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if its just by signing an autograph. A childs smile is worth more than all the money in the world.

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

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. Im more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.

Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesnt thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. Im just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasnt paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.

Im 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.

I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that Id 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.

Sometimes you have to accept you cant win all the time.

Ive always really just liked football, and Ive 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.

Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.

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

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

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

Nah, Ive always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. Theyve been very close to me and we have a great relationship.

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.

Ive never stopped being Argentine, and Ive never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. Ive been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change. Barcelona is my home because both the club and the people here have given me everything, but I wont stop being Argentine.

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 doesnt 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.