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
Being named among the best is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.
Interpretation
Recognition is meaningful, but true achievement goes beyond titles.
Lionel Messi highlights the importance of personal accomplishment over external validation. While being recognized as one of the best is indeed a special honor, it ultimately holds little value if it does not translate into genuine achievements or victories in one's endeavors. The essence of success lies in the effort and results rather than in accolades.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal achievement.
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.
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.
My ambition is always to get better and better.
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.
I repeat what I always say: I want the best for Argentina in every way. I never try to make trouble for anybody.
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.
Scoring goals is a great feeling, but the most important thing to me is that the team is successful - it doesn't matter who scores the goals as long as we're winning.
I never buy anything unless I can fill out on a piece of paper my reasons. I may be wrong, but I would know the answer to that ...I'm paying $32 billion today for the Coca Cola Company because... If you can't answer that question, you shouldn't buy it. If you can answer that question, and you do it a few times, you'll make a lot of money.
The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want
People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.
Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can.
So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think about it, it's almost like a storybook career. You feel so blessed to have been able to compete this long.
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