Quotes from Gabriel Batistuta

I know where I come from and what my roots are.

I've made a lot of sacrifices to play for Roma and Argentina, but I don't seem to get thanked for it.

I go out to score goals, but I don't go out thinking about records.

I would like to give my best and score as many goals as possible.

The number 9 has to be the one who scores the goals.

Scoring a goal is just the best feeling for a striker.

I know perfectly well that in football, you have good times, and you have bad times.

Personally, I can't take the blame for what politicians did in 1982. I can't take on some kind of revenge or change history. I want to beat England because I want to win every game I play, but not because we went to war in 1982 or because we played against each other in 1998.

If I had gone to Madrid, I would have scored more than 200 goals, but I knew I would have got bored.

You don't celebrate a goal differently just because it's scored against one team or the other.

My problem is that I have no cartilage or tendons. My 86 kilos are supported by bones alone. That's what generated the pain.

The Islamic culture is a question mark for many people across the world, but Qatar opens its doors to supporters all over the world so they can learn from this old culture.

I can see that the UAE is growing a lot as a football country, and there is plenty of opportunity to keep going and improve.

I left football, and overnight, I couldn't walk. I wet the bed even though the bathroom was only three meters away. It was 4 A.M., and I knew if I stood, my ankle would kill me.

I do not like football. It is just my profession.

I lived and breathed football. Now I have difficulty walking because of that: because I gave much more than I actually had to give.

Messi, even if technically is same or more, he doesn't have more charisma than Maradona had.

I like Higuain very much, but unfortunately, he isn't contributing the way he does in Europe. He's playing very well for Juve and is in the running for a lot of trophies, but if he needs a rest, then why not give Icardi a chance?

I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.

My thoughts on Balotelli? He's the kind of player who infuriates me. I was not born a footballer like him. I achieved what I did because of all the hard work I put in. I had to make sacrifices.

My family grew up in Florence. There I became what I am now, and those are things that cannot be forgotten.

I felt terrible when I went to Roma because I hadn't fulfilled the expectations of the Florentines.

Although I have never won a major trophy, I consider myself a winner because I helped Fiorentina to compete with the big boys.

Messi is a winner.