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Lionel Messi - Motivational Soccer / Football Quotes, Mental Profile & Biography

"I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

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

"I am competitive in everything I do. I just don’t show it because I don’t want to show my opponent my weakness."

"The only thing that matters is that you keep going, that you don't stop."

"I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd 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."

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

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

"There is nothing more spectacular than scoring a goal."

"I always want more. Whether it's a goal, or winning a game, I'm never satisfied."

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

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

"I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players."

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

"I have many years to get better and better, and that has to be my ambition."

"I never think about the play. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way."

"I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I’m more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world."

"I think my desire to always get better, to always want more, to always be my top critic, and accepting the good and the bad."

"Visualization is a powerful tool. I see myself scoring goals and making an impact on the field before it even happens."

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

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

"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."

"I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

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

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

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

"I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground."

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

"I always want more. Whether it's a goal, or winning a game, I'm never satisfied."

”I never think about the play or the goal, just the movement. It’s about getting into the best position to receive the ball.”

”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.”

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

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

”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.”

”I do not consider myself the best, I think I am just another player. On the field, we are all the same when the game begins.”

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

”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.”

”I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year. It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.”

”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.”

 

 

Lionel Messi - Biography

Lionel Andrés Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer. He was born on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina. He began playing football at a young age, and he quickly showed his talent on the field.

Brief history

Messi started playing football as a boy and in 1995 joined the youth team of Newell’s Old Boys (a Rosario-based top-division football club). At age 13 Messi and his family relocated to Barcelona, and he began playing for FC Barcelona’s under-14 team. He scored 21 goals in 14 games for the junior team, and he quickly graduated through the higher-level teams until at age 16 he was given his informal debut with FC Barcelona in a friendly match.

He made his debut for the Barcelona first team in 2004, and he has been playing for the club ever since. He is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time.

Major Achievments

He has achieved numerous records and milestones throughout his career. He has won 10 La Liga titles, 7 Copa del Rey titles, and 4 UEFA Champions League titles with Barcelona. He has also won several individual awards, including 7 Ballon d'Or awards, which is the most ever by any player. Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672), making him one of the highest-scoring players in football history.

He has also achieved success with the Argentine national team. He has helped lead the team to several major tournaments, including the Copa America and the World Cup. Although he has not yet won a major international trophy with Argentina, he has won several individual awards and has been named the player of the tournament in several competitions.

Awards and accolades

He has won numerous awards and accolades throughout his career. In addition to his 7 Ballon d'Or awards, he has won several other individual awards, including the FIFA World Player of the Year, the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, and the Golden Foot. He has also been named to the UEFA Team of the Year and the FIFA World XI numerous times.

He has also received recognition for his philanthropic work. He established the Leo Messi Foundation in 2007, which aims to provide education and health care to children in need. He has also supported several charitable organizations, including UNICEF and the Pediatric Cancer Center in Barcelona.

In Conclusion..

Lionel Messi is a football legend who has achieved remarkable success throughout his career. He has broken numerous records and has won numerous awards, and he is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time.

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