“I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.”
"The only victory that counts is the one over yourself."
- Lionel Messi
Personal Growth
"You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough."
- Lionel Messi
Love
"In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision."
- Lionel Messi
Determination
"I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else."
- Lionel Messi
Teamwork
"You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it."
- Lionel Messi
Aspirations
"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."
- George Lorimer
Determination
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."
- Amelia Earhart
Determination
"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."
- Melissa McCarthy
Determination
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."
- Walt Disney
Determination
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Determination