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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.
Lionel Messi
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Lionel Messi
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: June 24
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Rosario de Santa Fe
Leo Messi
Lionel Andres Messi
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Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
Lionel Andrés Messi
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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.
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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.
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You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.
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I don't look at records, that's not why I'm playing the game. Goals, of course. Every player in my position wants to score goals. But most of all, trophies. My target is always to win trophies for Barcelona, and that will always be my motivation, to win things. Nothing feels better than doing that as a team.
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It seems like people want to blame me for everything. Whenever any issue arises, I'm said to have been involved even if I've had nothing to do with it. That's why I always focus on what I know, which is playing football, and try to be very careful with what I say because people always try and twist things.
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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 If things didn't go my way before, I became withdrawn and didn't want to see or listen to anyone.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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The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.
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Ronaldo was my hero. I loved watching players like Zidane, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo, but Ronaldo was the best striker I've ever seen. He was so fast he could score from nothing and could shoot the ball better than anyone I've ever seen.
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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.
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I never had any problems with my height. I was always the smallest kid, at school and in my teams.
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Being named among the best is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.
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Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.
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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.
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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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I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.
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You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.
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I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.
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Motivation is not something I struggle with. I love playing football, I love being in training.
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The Barcelona youth program is one of the best in the world. As a kid, they teach you not to play to win, but to grow in ability as a player.
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