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

Lionel Messi

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Lionel Messi
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: June 24
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Rosario de Santa Fe
Leo Messi
Lionel Andres Messi
Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
Lionel Andrés Messi
Something
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Deep
Football
Sports
Winning
Character
Take
Hits
Trying
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We are at a good level. Our secret is that we play the same way against each opponent.
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There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.
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You know as a player that you won’t have many opportunities to play in World Cups - so you have to take them when you can.
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When my son will be born, my first goal will be for him. The rest, will be as always for my grandmother.
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I always had the same style of play. I didn't really worry about people kicking me.
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I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world
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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.
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The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.
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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.
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It takes sacrifice as well as talent.
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You have got to love the game.
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It is not coincidence that at Barcelona we have low-key lifestyles and we have been successful. We know we are football players and not movie stars.
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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.
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Motivation is not something I struggle with. I love playing football, I love being in training.
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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.
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My ambition is always to get better and better.
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The truth is that I don't have a favourite goal. I remember important goals more than I do favourite goals, like goals in the Champions League where I had the opportunity to have scored in both finals I have played in. Finals in the World Cup or Copa del Rey are the ones that have stayed with me for longer or that I remember more.
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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.
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