"If I wasn't paid to be a professional…" — Lionel Messi

UNVERIFIED

Si je n'étais pas payé pour être footballeur professionnel, je jouerais volontiers pour rien.

Unverified

We haven't checked the source or attribution.

Our editorial team hasn't reviewed this quote yet, so neither its source nor its attribution has been confirmed. Treat it as unverified for now.

Translations

MORE QUOTES BY Lionel Messi

“In football as in watchmaking talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision”

Lionel Messi

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

“Motivation is not something I struggle with. I love playing football, I love being in training.”

“I start early, and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 11...”

FEATURED QUOTES

“The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing”

“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values”

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but p...”

“The way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.”

“Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should ...”

“You never fail until you stop trying.”

“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”

“One day the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.”

“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”

“The more you know, the more you know you don't know.”