Quotes About Messi

The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.

Who could say no to playing with Messi for four months and then coming back to L.A.?

Cristiano Ronaldo is good, but Messi is 10 times better.

Messi has a unique talent, he plays alongside quality players like Xavi and Andres Iniesta. Cristiano is also a great player.

Having Leo Messi and Barcelona is good for La Liga - it's a real delight.

Messi is one of the best strikers in the world, one of the very best players.

Messi is the best player in the world, the things he does with the ball are incredible. If someone knows how to stop him, they have to tell me.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the world class player after Messi, but for me he is not on this Galactico level of Messi.

Cristiano Ronaldo is sensational, a very good professional, an incredible goalscoring machine for many years, but Messi is the most complete player I have seen.

Messi is a human being and we have to respect him.

Suarez and Neymar play the way they play because of him. They are great players but they are made greater by Messi.

Of course you have Messi and Ronaldo. And then you've got a lot of players who are very close to each other and I think Gareth Bale is one of them, like at the level of the best teams in the world. He could play for every team in the world. For me he's a world class player.

How do you mark Ronaldo? You try not to leave him alone and don't let him shoot on his right foot. As for Messi... you just make the sign of the cross!

They are different footballers. For me, Cristiano has more points in his favour because he heads the ball well, he is stronger and he scores goals. Messi has quality, dribbles and scores goals. For a coach, I think Cristiano is better because he is more complete.

If Messi didn't have it clearly in his head that Barcelona have a winning project, maybe he would go, but Barcelona are always looking to have a winning project.

For me, Messi is the greatest player in history, the greatest player I've ever seen.

Messi is an ambassador of Argentina, and I am also proud of him as an Argentine.

I was getting ready to take a free-kick in a game between Brazil and Argentina. Suddenly, I saw Messi behind me getting closer bit by bit, and he says 'are we going to Barcelona or not?' I said, 'if you want to bring me there, you can. I'll go.'

We always talk about Messi, but without Iniesta Barcelona are a different team.

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

Perhaps Argentina have been benefited by the talent of Messi.

Messi is phenomental but in my opinion, Cristiano is a special player because he does everything for Madrid.

Messi is incredible and his history in football is marvellous.

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