Quotes About Athletes

Messi is one of the best of all, but I'm sure Neymar will get to that level.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Luis Suarez all play at a really impressive level and are consistently excellent.

Leo Messi is the best player in the world for me, but look at the others that have been at Barcelona.

Whenever I'm asked about Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, I always answer: 'Neymar is the best,' not just because of his goals but because of the ease with which he plays.

Ronaldo is a great player. But those who claim that he is stronger than Messi do not understand football or are in bad faith.

I don't know many footballers except Maradona and Messi.

All I know is that I'd put Messi and Ronaldo in my team and eight others. I'd also have Petr Cech in goal and I'd play myself too. The three of us up there in the front line: Messi, Ronaldo and I.

If you are a big player you will always have a lot of pressure on you. It's the same for Eden, just as it is for Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.

To me, Messi is better than Maradona. I play with him, I see him every day, and to me he is the best.

I played against Maradona and he was a great player like Messi too.

I like the Ronaldo Flyknits even though I'm a Messi fan.

My dream five-a-side team will be: me, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Maxwell and Thiago Motta.

If I would compare anybody to Michael Jordan, it would be Kobe Bryant.

I always watched Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and I said I could be playing on the court with them.

I'm a big Bulls fan, Michael Jordan fan, LeBron fan.

I think a lot of athletes when they get in their mid and late 30s, they focus more on kids, on family.

When you look across the board at the count of NBA quality players that are on various international teams in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, there are good players all over the world now. It's just not in the NBA where America has the most talent.

All coaches now look for forwards who not only score goals but also run back and help in midfield.

There aren't too many Mookie Betts, Mike Trouts or Bryce Harpers out there to be grabbed. Those players only come around once every 10 years.

Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.

The greatest set shooter ever? Larry Joe Bird. Period. The best coming off screen? Reginald Miller. And the best off the dribble? Steph Curry.

The NFL is a brotherhood - if you think about all the millions of people that live in America and there's 1,900 people in the NFL. That's not that many, so everybody knows each other.

For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world's greatest athletes.

For anywhere - not Los Angeles, not Miami, not Detroit, Milwaukee - I think for LeBron, and for most athletes, the most important thing is about winning.