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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman. "

" It seems like people want to blame me for everything. Whenever any issue arises, I'm said to have been involved even if I've had nothing to do with it. That's why I always focus on what I know, which is playing football, and try to be very careful with what I say because people always try and twist things. "

" 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. "

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

" Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing. "

" You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen. "

" 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. "

" Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift. "

" The 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. "

" When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, personal records are secondary. "

" There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if it's just by signing an autograph. A child's smile is worth more than all the money in the world. "

" 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. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy. "

" I have many years to get better and better, and that has to be my ambition. The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player. "

" Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example. "

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

" I want to concentrate on winning things with Barcelona and Argentina. Then if people want to say nice things about me when I have retired, great. Right now, I need to concentrate on being part of a team - not just on me. "

" I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. I've been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change. Barcelona is my home because both the club and the people here have given me everything, but I won't stop being Argentine. "

" There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game. "

" The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Like I always say, one doesn't know what can happen in the future, but if it were up to me to decide, I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career. "

" In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision. "

" What I do is play soccer, which is what I like. "

" It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea or Inter Milan, because they have the intention of trying to stop us rather than playing a game that is more attractive for the spectators to enjoy. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's scoring goals that's great, whether against Brazil or anybody else. "

" 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. "