Quotes About Comparison

Ronaldo is just an athlete. He works so hard and back to back; he is always there. But if you work hard, can you be like Messi? No, that's impossible. Can you be like Ronaldo? Yes, to a certain extent.

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.

You can't compare my game with Messi's, Neymar's, or Cristiano Ronaldo's.

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.

Cristiano Ronaldo's a special player, but Messi's from another planet.

Messi is unique. You can't compare anyone to him.

Messi is much better than Cristiano Ronaldo.

My first year I scored 10 goals in La Liga. Then people started saying 'yeah, the new Messi.'

I guess there are worse things than being compared to Messi but I don't look at what he is doing. I just try to give my best for my team.

Not everyone is Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. Even Cristiano Ronaldo's first years at Manchester United were quite difficult.

Without Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, we would discuss Robben more often and with more appreciation.

Messi is the same player in Barcelona and Argentina, and it would be the same if he played with Australia.

It would not be honest if I did a review, because I've worked with Leo Messi, whom I consider the best player I've seen. I cannot comment or compare with Cristiano Ronaldo because I have not worked with him. That is not to say that I do not have as much respect for Cristiano as a footballer.

Nobody is perfect. Even Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo can sometimes look like players from League One.

Messi scores three goals every game. If you score one goal, you're not Messi.

We can't all be Lionel Messi, even if we want to.

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.

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

It's harder to defend against Lionel Messi than Cristiano Ronaldo.

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.

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.

I think Cristiano and Lionel Messi are two of the best players in the history of the game. Are they better than Pele or Diego Maradona? They are at the top, but I think it is difficult in football to say who is first or second or third.