Lionel Messi, I never saw him in the gym. I've never seen him train in the stops or do technical exercises.

Messi is a natural born talent, that is not to say he doesn’t work hard, but you can’t teach what he can do.

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

The Ballon d'Or is one of my objectives, but it will be complicated so long as Ronaldo and Messi are around.

It is possible to stop Messi. Teams do it when he plays for Argentina. But the Barcelona Messi is different.

Messi is unbelievable, but Ronaldo does it on his own. In Madrid, he has to score the goals and create them.

Barca are the favourites because they have a better team and have the best player in the world, who is Messi.

Barca is more than a club and a great team and I want to contribute to Messi staying the best for many years.

In what transcends this world, the best is Messi because he is incredible: he does things that nobody can do.

Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.

I cannot say who is better between Messi and Ronaldo. Because they are different players. Both are superstars.

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

Messi is just an anomaly: he can dribble, he can score, he can pass, he has the vision, he understands the game.

It's like Barcelona who have Messi. He decides games with his attacking play; Oblak resolves them with his saves.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two players that, the way I see it, can have a spot amongst the best of all time.

It is very important for me to be able to play and develop with players like Messi, Dybala, Di Maria, and Banega.

Messi has all the conditions to be the best, but first he has to beat Maradona, Romario and then eventually Pele.

Messi on the World Cup 2014? He showed why he is the best player in the world. It was a pleasure to see him play.

We are constantly told to enjoy Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo before they retire but what about Arjen Robben?

To speak about the criticism of Messi is to give strength to something that does not deserve any type of analysis.

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

Leo Messi is a little football God. I love playing alongside him. We understand each other without needing to talk.

Diego (Maradona) has filled us with emotions. But between the cracks, without doubt, Messi is better than Maradona.

Competition keeps you young. It motivates you. It challenges your ego. Messi and Ronaldo have this with each other.

Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play football.

What's the problem that people have here in Spain with Maradona and Messi? They spend the whole day comparing them.

I think Messi's is a fantastic attitude and should be the mentality that all top players in the world should adopt.

It has been an honour to be the coach of the best player (Messi) I have ever seen and probably the best I will see.

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.

My ideal trident would be myself alongside Rooney and Messi. They are the players who make me dream - not Cristiano.

I will tell you another thing, we Argentines criticise Messi because we are specialists in criticising what is ours.

Messi is the world's best and gets physically attacked every game but all he ever does is get up and get on with it.

Messi won 3 Ballons d'Or and is competing for another one. He will be the best player in the world until he retires.

I respect his decisions, but football without Messi is not football. It is very hard to imagine football without him.

I have different qualities and no problem with that. Of course, my style of football is not like Messi's or Neymar's.

Cristiano is unlucky to be playing in the same era as Messi. Ronaldo is a very good player, but Messi is even better.

I would like to play with Messi; it would be amazing. He is the best of the world, the one who makes more differences.

If you're speaking of a fantasy player, then it has to be Leo Messi as he's so unpredictable. He's an absolute genius.

Messi not scoring? Great players aren't only great because of goals. If they don't score, they offer goals to teammates

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

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.

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

Everyone looks up to Lionel Messi, but I think I've got to go for Juan Mata. He's someone that I've always looked up to.

Messi is awesome. His creative ability is extraordinary, outside of normal patterns. He manages to see what others don't.

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.

Mascherano's impact as a leader is more important inside the squad, and Messi's leadership is more important in the pitch.

He does not scare us; other things in life scare me. We all respect Messi, and he is one of the best players 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.

You couldn't put a value on him, he's on another planet. For me, Lionel Messi is undoubtedly the No.1 player in the world.

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

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