Heartbreak Quotes

"You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it."

"I never set out to be the best player in history. I think I'm just another footballer. On the pitch we are all the same, and when the game starts I always try to improve myself."

"I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world."

"I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football."

"Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better. My motivation comes from playing the game I love."

"I always want more. Whether it's a goal or winning a game, I always want to improve."

"The day you think there is no improvement to be made is a sad one for any player."

"You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough."

"I start early, and I stay late, day after day, year after year. It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

"I always thought that if you want to be the best, you have to work harder than everyone else."

"Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way possible."

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

"The best decisions aren't made with your mind, but with your instinct."

"I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way."