LIONEL MESSI: BOOK OF QUOTES

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ABOUT LIONEL MESSI

Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both the Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered as the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record six Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team. He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he has won a club-record 33 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, six Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions Leagues. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (465), a La Liga and European league season (50), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (8), and most assists in La Liga (190), a La Liga and European league season (21) and the Copa América (12). He has scored over 750 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals ever by a player for a single club.

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QUOTES SAMPLES

"Goals are only important if they win games."

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"My ambition is always to get better and better."

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"Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time."

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"It takes sacrifice as well as talent."

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"Whether it's a goal, or winning a game, I'm never satisfied."

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"For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems. Lionel Messi"

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"I am competitive and I feel bad when we lose. You can see it in me when we've lost. I'm in a bad way. I don't like to talk to anyone. "