137 Quotes by Lionel Messi

Messi or Ronaldo best player in the world? In the world, I would say Ronaldo. Messi is from another planet.

I rushed to get back before it was time.

We can't be overconfident. It happened to us when we were leading 2-1 in last year's game. Chelsea has players who can score two goals at any moment and we have to realize we have achieved nothing yet.

We cannot allow that to happen again. I am sure Argentina has a very strong team and the players have the will to win the title. ... We would like to avoid playing against one of those strong teams in the first round.

This is a re-debut. The first one was a bit short.

This defeat hurts because of the way it happened and because it broke our record of victories.

It was obvious from his first attack on me that he went in to kick me on the knee. It meant the second time he came in really hard, he was going over the ball with the intention of hurting me. That was why I jumped and that is the only reason he did not do real damage.

I want to avoid comparisons because for me there has never been anyone quite like him.

YOU KNOW AS A PLAYER THAT YOU WON'T HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY IN WORLD CUPS - SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM WHEN YOU CAN.