Quotes About Excellence

Straight up. You can't mess with Jay when it's time to come play.

There's an expression: Great is the enemy of the good. Sometimes in trying to be great, you make a mess of things.

I respect Messi a lot.

I admire Messi: he's never complained to me in any game we played, but I've also never asked him for his jersey and never would. I came to win, not to say I played against Messi.

Messi is the best. I have not seen or will ever see a player like Lionel Messi.

Messi is so good that he can win La Liga even with a mediocre team, which is not the case. Barca remain up top every year because of him.

In top form, Messi is the best footballer I have ever seen - period.

There is Messi, and then the rest.

Messi, Neymar or Ronaldo? The three of them are exceptional, they have a lot of quality and they have their differences.

You can't be the best every game. Even Messi can have a bad game.

Unless I play like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, it'll be hard to give myself 100 out of 100.

I ask myself what I can do to become like Messi and Ronaldo and score 50 or 60 goals in a season.

I'm being called 'Messi with gloves?' I think he's had a great level over many years. You shouldn't compare yourself with that.

Messi is just great.

I learned a lot from Ronaldinho and Messi.

I am not crazy enough to compare myself with Messi because he is the best there ever was and the best there will ever be.

Messi is one of the best in the world.

Lionel Messi is awesome.

Besides what he does on the field, one must thank Messi's human quality.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they play on a different galaxy.

When people mention me and Messi together, it's amazing because, to me, Messi is the best of the best. You can't say anything to him; he's the boss.

For me, the best player in the world is Messi, but the second one is Cristiano.

Every year, Messi seems to reach his limit, but he always ends up exceeding that. He is the best.

Ronaldo and Messi, in particular, are above everybody else.