Quotes About Messi

Ronaldo is different from Messi. He is very impressive down the wings.

I played with great teammates like Ronaldinho and Messi. I think they are two of the greatest players in the history of football.

Messi is so quick; he's so good. For me, he's the best player in the world.

It's Leo Messi. It's very difficult to stop this guy because he's very quick, very clever. But, look, it's not impossible.

The problem is that when Argentina doesn't play well - and the same is true of Barcelona - the press think it is easy to blame Messi. We have seen time and time again that he wins games on his own when the team is not performing - but the media expect him to always be the hero.

Messi is on a different level. The fact he is doing what he is year after year says that he is the best of all time.

I think Messi is an absolute giant in the game. Not so much because of his dribbles and actions. That's why most people rate him. But I think, differently from others, that he is phenomenal in his teamplay and combination play.

If we are realistic and forget team loyalties, you cannot compare Messi with any other player.

Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

'Elusive' is the word that immediately springs to mind when I think about Messi's style of play. You think you have an eye on him and then - blink - he has gone, only to reappear somewhere else in space, with the ball.

I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me.

Barcelona is the best education possible. Training with Messi is something I will never forget - he was always the last off the pitch and working incredibly hard in the gym. If he is the best player in the world and works so hard, who are we? You can have all the crazy talent but you need to work.

Sometimes you decide games, but you can't decide a competition. So, Messi's merit is not undone because he hasn't won a World Cup.

Messi deserves to win this World Cup for all he has done for football.

Messi is a god, as a person and even more as a player. I hope that he wins the World Cup with Argentina.

Messi is always compared to Maradona, but he needs to win the World Cup because if you don't win the World Cup, you can't be up there with the very best.

A World Cup without Argentina and without Messi would be a catastrophe.

When Diego won the World Cup in 1986, perhaps he had the luck that Messi has not had. Diego had very good teammates and things went well.

I said to Gotze: 'OK, show the world you are better than Messi and can decide the World Cup.' I told him that. I always had a good feeling about Gotze.

The only ones who would be happy if Messi doesn't go to the World Cup would be Maradona fans because, that way, they can keep saying that he's the best.

Messi is the best player in the world. If he wins a World Cup, he will be the best player ever.

Messi is a star in every sense. He is not as timid as he seems.

I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.

Messi is the best player in the world. If he's not already, he'll be the best footballer of all time.