Nah, I've always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. They've been very close to me and we have a great relationship.
Lionel MessiRead
I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day. I like going out, but you have to know when you can and when you can't.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the importance of dedication and making sacrifices for one's passions.
In this quote, Lionel Messi reflects on his deep passion for football, emphasizing that his commitment to the sport often took precedence over social activities during his childhood. This illustrates the necessity of dedication and the ability to discern when to prioritize personal goals over immediate pleasures, which is crucial for achieving success in any field.
Themes
FootballDedicationSacrificePassionPractice
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a motivational speech for young athletes to encourage dedication.
More from Lionel Messi
All quotes βThe truth is that I don't have a favourite goal. I remember important goals more than I do favourite goals, like goals in the Champions League where I had the opportunity to have scored in both finals I have played in. Finals in the World Cup or Copa del Rey are the ones that have stayed with me for longer or that I remember more.
Lionel MessiRead
My ambition is always to get better and better.
Lionel MessiRead
I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.
Lionel MessiRead
I repeat what I always say: I want the best for Argentina in every way. I never try to make trouble for anybody.
Lionel MessiRead
On a personal note, I think it won't be until after I've retired that I'm fully aware of what I've done or what I've gone on to achieve in my career.
Lionel MessiRead
Similar quotes
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together by some form of hustling in the same way I did.
Malcolm XRead
Rewrite your major goals every day, in the present tense, exactly as if they already existed
Brian TracyRead
Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.
Dalai LamaRead
I don't teach kids to be number 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be number 1; that's not it. You don't have to be number 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That's all you can do, anyway.
Jim BrownRead
Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back and being their leader, I want to also be the warrior in the Olympics. That will be something good because that will be the first Olympic gold medal for the Maasai.
David RudishaRead