quotes about Messi
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Ronaldinho is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither are as good as Leo Messi.
-- Antonio Cassano -
There are 3 or 4 important things in life: Books, Friends, Women…and Messi
-- Antonio Lobo Antunes -
Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo Messi!
-- Arsene Wenger -
Messi not scoring? Great players aren't only great because of goals. If they don't score, they offer goals to teammates
-- Bernd Schuster -
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Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.
-- Didier Drogba -
Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he's in a shampoo commercial.
-- Diego Maradona -
Messi is class. There is him, and then there is the rest. What he does is extraordinary.
-- Franck RiberySource : "Ribery: Messi is in a class of his own" by Mark Doyle, www.goal.com. April 21, 2013.
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It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.
-- Frank Rijkaard -
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Once he's on the run, Messi is unstoppable. He's the only player who can change direction at such a pace.
-- Frank Rijkaard -
We should not compare humans to God, but Messi is a godly player.
-- Franz Beckenbauer -
Everybody at Barcelona loves Messi. They can't speak highly of him
-- Gordon Strachan -
Once they said they can only stop me with a pistol but today you need a machine gun to stop Messi.
-- Hristo StoichkovSource : "Only Machine Gun Can Halt Messi Magic, Says Stoichkov". uk.reuters.com. April 12, 2010.
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Although he may not be human, it’s good that Messi still thinks he is.
-- Javier MascheranoSource : "Although Messi may not be human, it's good he still thinks he is - Mascherano" by Mark Doyle, www.goal.com. May 6, 2012.
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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 -
The best way to stop Messi is when you play with 11 men and then you can double mark him, one player to stay on him and the other to help out. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him.
-- Jose MourinhoSource : "Mourinho takes pressure off stars". www.cnn.com. March 6, 2006.
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If Messi is the best in the world, it's only because Cristiano is from another planet.
-- Jose Mourinho -
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If Messi is the best on the planet, Ronaldo is the best in the universe.
-- Jose Mourinho -
Messi is the Best. There must be life out there somewhere, on some other planet. Because he is too good and we are just too bad for him.
-- Jurgen Klopp -
It is clear that Messi is on a level above all others. Those who do not see that are blind.
-- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -
Every time he plays, Leo Messi reminds me more of Maradona, both left-footed and short, Messi is the best player in the world, along with Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo. For us it is not a surprise. Since he began to come and train with us and we knew we would go down this path. Someday I will explain that I was at the birth of one of the footballing greats: Leo Messi.
-- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -
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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 -
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 -
There's only one that is a little stronger than me: Messi. All the others are behind me.
-- Mario BalotelliSource : "Only Messi is better than me, claims Manchester City's Mario Balotelli" by Marcus Christenson, www.theguardian.com. December 21, 2010.
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Messi has all the conditions to be the best, but first he has to beat Maradona, Romario and then eventually Pele.
-- Michel Patini -
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The best player ever? Pele. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both great players with specific qualities, but Pele was better.
-- Osvaldo Ardiles -
The best of all was Pele, who is a mixture of Di Stefano, Maradona, Cruyff and Leo Messi.
-- Osvaldo Ardiles -
It has been an honour to be the coach of the best player (Messi) I have ever seen and probably the best I will see.
-- Pep Guardiola -
Messi and the Brazilian come up to Rafinha and say “you're one of us now kidâ€
-- Ray Hudson -
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Cristiano is better than Messi, without a doubt. He's more of an all-round player
-- Usain Bolt -
Messi or Ronaldo best player in the world? In the world, I would say Ronaldo. Messi is from another planet.
-- Arda Turan -
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Messi could be the best player in the world - if he was human.
-- Carlos Queiroz -
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 -
Everyday Leo Messi surprises us with something different.
-- Dani Alves -
Messi does incredible things, his stats make you cover your eyes. He cannot be compared to anyone.
-- David VillaSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Messi is a natural born talent, that is not to say he doesn’t work hard, but you can’t teach what he can do.
-- Deco -
Messi alone is more dangerous than Real Madrid's attacking trio Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale.
-- Diego Simeone -
Diego (Maradona) has filled us with emotions. But between the cracks, without doubt, Messi is better than Maradona.
-- Diego Simeone -
Messi is the number one. No other player is close to him.
-- Diego Simeone -
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It doesn't matter where Messi plays, if it's cold or hot, he always proves that he's the best.
-- Gerard Pique -
Cristiano is unlucky to be playing in the same era as Messi. Ronaldo is a very good player, but Messi is even better.
-- Henrik Larsson -
Messi is much more than being clever. He is a genius who reserves all his expressiveness for football.
-- John Carlin -
I think Ashley Young is world class, Id put him in a bracket with Lionel Messi and Ronaldo
-- Martin O'Neill -
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What Messi brings to a team, no other player can bring. Messi can break a match wide open.
-- Mauricio Pochettino -
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 -
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 -
Nowadays, Messi is better than Ronaldinho. He is the best footballer in the world right now. And I'm not the only who says so. Everyone who has seen him play says so too.
-- Sergio Aguero -
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Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else.
-- Adriano Galliani -
Messi is the best player ever. And this is said by someone who has seen Maradona and Pele play.
-- Adriano Galliani -
Messi on the World Cup 2014? He showed why he is the best player in the world. It was a pleasure to see him play.
-- Alessandro Del Piero -
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 -
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Casillas saying he wouldn't sign Messi for Madrid? Messi has a place in every team in the world.
-- Carlo Ancelotti -
My ideal trident would be myself alongside Rooney and Messi. They are the players who make me dream - not Cristiano.
-- Carlos Tevez -
What Messi does is terrifying. It's indescribable magic. You can't analyze it.
-- Cesar Luis MenottiSource : "Menotti rinde culto a la magia de Messi". Spanish Daily newspaper "Sport", www.sport.es. February 17, 2015.
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There is only one player who is doing things that I could never do - and that is Messi.
-- Francesco Totti -
Sure, Messi and Ronaldo have scored more goals than me. But I won the treble!
-- Franck Ribery -
I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.
-- Ronaldinho -
Lionel Messi is the best player ever.
-- Graeme SounessSource : "Graeme Souness: Lionel Messi is the best player ever - and it's not even close" by James Whaling, www.mirror.co.uk. May 10, 2015.
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How to stop Messi? You need to bring a shotgun, pam-pam and that's it.
-- Sonia Manzano -
Messi the best player in the world by far. I don't think we'll ever see a player like him again.
-- Tito Vilanova -
Messi is the best that's played the game. Streets ahead of Maradona.
-- Joey Barton -
I believe that we have the first genius of the 21st century, Leo Messi.
-- Jorge Valdano -
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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 SuarezSource : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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Whoever Barcelona are playing, you're just interested to watch because Messi's playing.
-- Luol Deng -
I don't know the parameters for the Ballon d'Or. I only know that Messi deserves to win every trophy.
-- Manuel PellegriniSource : "Pellegrini: Messi Deserves to Win Every Individual Honor". Interview with Mark Doyle, www.goal.com. May 03, 2012.