He is an Argentinian soccer player. He is considered one of the strongest soccer players of all time; he has won numerous individual and team awards.

Lionel Messi

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

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

My motivation comes from playing the game I love.

My ambition is always to get better and better.

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

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.

He was an American boxer. He is considered one of the best boxers and most highly regarded athletes.

Muhammad Ali

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Don't count the days. Make the days count.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it--then I can achieve it.

I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was.

A man who has no imagination has no wings.

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

I shook up the world. Me!

Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

He is a former Brazilian soccer player and sports executive. For FIFA, he is the soccer player of the century, considered the strongest player of all time.

Pele

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

A penalty is a cowardly way to score.

I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player.

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things.

I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.

I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.

Everything is practice.

Ronaldinho

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.

My family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.

Ever since I was a kid, I've dreamt about winning the Brazilian league, and I still dream about it now. I am doing everything I possibly can to make my dream come true.

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

I remember seeing Eric Cantona play for Manchester United. The way he used to control games was special to watch.

Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.

For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I've had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I'll never forget either feeling.

My heroes were always soccer players.

My only concern is playing. Everything else, my family looks after. In our house, everyone has a job, and my job in our house is to play football.

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.

I grew up in a house that was always happy, and my family was always music, music. I started playing percussion very young, because I had some uncles who were musicians and all my aunts were singers.

I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.

A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It's played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player's control.

I am ugly, but what I do have is charm.

I think each player has an individual style. Each is concerned with giving the best to his team, and I think my best talent is dribbling and setting up goal situations, giving an assist or deceiving one of the other team's players.

Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country.

Football is a great love because I was born into a family of players and therefore born into football. I'm fortunate to have a style of play that a lot of people like. It's a privilege to be able to do what I like best and in my own way, but I'm fortunate that people like it, and that motivates me even more.

I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn't true.

Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it's widely followed in Brazil.

When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.

Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.

When I was 7, I started playing with a club. The only grass on the field was in the corner. There was no grass in the middle! It was just sand.

My game is based on improvisation. Often, a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.

I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a musician.

Brazil go into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil, it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country. Not just the fans and players, but everybody in Brazil lets us know that they expect it. Our president, people in politics, all tell us to come back with the World Cup.

No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet

God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.

Our confidence comes from our preparation.

It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.

I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time.

My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.

I helped Messi and I know he will do the same with Neymar.

I still have a video of my father, which I watch before every game I play for Brazil. It gives me strength, makes me determined.

Even from when Lionel Messi was very young I could see that he was a great player. A lot of people spoke about him, and then when I saw him myself for the first time I could see the amazing quality that he had. I didn't teach him anything - he had enough quality himself.

I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.

I was at Barcelona for many years where I won a lot of things and achieved a lot of dreams. For these reasons it holds a special place in my life.

No one has nicer teeth than me. Why would anyone laugh at my lovely teeth?

Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself.

I am very pleased it has all been resolved. I wanted to stay at the club and they wanted me too, there was never a problem. There were only a few small matters to sort out.

It doesnt change much for me really and my motivation remains the same - to create a beautiful future with Barcelona, winning many titles.

It was lovely to receive the affection from some of the supporters of our biggest rival. It doesn't happen to you very often in your career.

I feel very privileged to be asked to be featured in another FIFA Soccer release, ... The game gives me the opportunity to play the matches I want to play every day of the week, even while away from the field.

I had the chance to play for a lot of different teams in the Premier League, but I think all the choices I made were the right ones. I could name a lot - with Gremio, PSG, Barcelona, Milan, Flemengo Mineiro. I was lucky enough to score a few goals, and they were all beautiful.

The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he's the best and we wouldn't swap him for anyone.

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play – where you can’t see a way through.

He was an Argentine soccer player, world champion in 1986, and considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time, if not the best.

Diego Armando Maradona

All the people that criticised me should eat their words.

He is a former US basketball player, the most famous ever in the NBA. He won countless awards when he was on the "Chicago Bulls" team.

Michael Jordan

I realised that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

He is a Portuguese footballer, considered today one of the strongest players in the world. He has won the Ballon d'Or five times.

Cristiano Ronaldo

If you think you’re perfect already, then you never will be.

Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable.

Dedication, hard work all the time, and belief.

I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.

I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans, but also to feel satisfied with myself. It is my conviction that here are no limits to learning, and that it can never stop, no matter what our age.

I see football as an art and all players are artists. If you are a top artist, the last thing you would do is paint a picture somebody else has already painted.

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I’m only at the beginning.

Talent isn’t everything. You can have it from the cradle, but it is necessary to learn the trade to be the best.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn’t like to miss or lose.

Talent without working hard is nothing.

I prefer other people to make judgments about the way I play and to characterize me, rather me describe myself.

If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

I don’t mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

I think sometimes the best training is to rest.

When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.

He is an American basketball player. Also known as "King James" or "The Chosen One," he is considered one of the best basketball players.

Lebron James

Some times your best effort just isn't good enough.

Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today!

Don’t be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.

He is a former Brazilian soccer player. He is one of the best soccer players in all history and a two-time Ballon d'Or winner.

Ronaldo

I’ve learned a lot in life, travelling, living abroad, just in the school of life.

I was always a simple guy. I was never one for extravagances.

Football is great because you always have another opportunity to change history.

I never had a problem with technique.

I trained really badly during the first 10 years of my sporting career.

Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I’d tell her I was going to school but I’d be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.

My life has always been a series of challenges and I’m psychologically-prepared but this is the biggest challenge of my life.

To go to a World Cup is a dream come true, and I can claim to have experienced that four times.

I have ambitions I want to fulfil, to enjoy more success with Brazil.

It's inevitable that you feel scared when you don't have control of a situation.

He was an American baseball player. He is one of the best American baseball players and made history through his play.

Hank Aaron

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting.

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record.

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.

Failure is a part of success.

He was a professional American basketball player. He won countless awards and is among the strongest players in the NBA.

Wilt Chamberlain

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

Everyone roots for David, Nobody pulls for Goliath.

Good things come to those who work.

The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.

I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.

It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.

Everything is habit forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.

He is a golfer from the United States. He is considered among the best golfers of all time and the best of the modern era.

Tiger Woods

No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser!

There’s always stuff to work on. You’re never there.

If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

You hit a bad shot, you have to get over it right there and then so you can get focused on the next one.

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

You can win all the tournaments you want, but the majors are what you're remembered for. It's how you're measured as a champion in our sport. The majors are where it's at.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

I've exceeded a few of my goals, but I'm behind on a couple of others.

My instincts have never lies to me.

Serena Williams

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

It doesn't matter what your background is or where you come from, if you have dreams and goals, that's all that matters.

Growing up I wasn't the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit.

If Plan A isn't working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D.

Don't let anyone work harder than you do.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have within me, my desire to win is always stronger.

If you smile, things will work out.

Make sure you're very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.

Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you've ever had.

If I don't get it right, I don't stop until I do.

Overpower. Overtake. Overcome.

Luck has nothing to do with it, I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

If winning is God's reward, then losing is how he teaches us.

Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on.

Growing up I wasn’t the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope.

Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they’re afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive.

I decided I can’t pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.

I think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I’m still learning to love myself.

Family’s first, and that’s what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.

There’s one thing I’m really good at, and that’s hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I’m excellent.

With a defeat, when you lose, you get up, you make it better, you try again. That’s what I do in life, when I get down, when I get sick, I don’t want to just stop. I keep going and I try to do more. Everyone always says never give up but you really have to take that to heart and really do never definitely give up. Keep trying.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We’re always told what’s beautiful and what’s not, and that’s not right.

I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.

The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.

I’m definitely not a fearless individual.

I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.

I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support.

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.

I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky.

My dad is the nicest guy you'll ever meet, and the easiest going.

Studying quotes to truly understand their meaning

Lionel Messi

Muhammad Ali

Pele

Ronaldinho

Diego Armando Maradona

Michael Jordan

Cristiano Ronaldo

Lebron James

Ronaldo

Hank Aaron

Wilt Chamberlain

Tiger Woods

Serena Williams

Magic Johnson

Rafael Nadal

Conor McGregor

Kobe Bryant

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Usain Bolt

Maria Sharapova

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