Football Quote by Diego Maradona

I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi. Messi is a genius.

— Diego Maradona

Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play football.

— Hima Das

I'm Argentine, and that's why I admire Messi most.

— Mauro Icardi

For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world.

— Johan Cruijff

Messi is a god, as a person and even more as a player. I hope that he wins the World Cup with Argentina.

— Samuel Eto'o

Without Messi there isn't a team for Argentina, Messi is brilliant, different, with a strong mentality. Let's hope he doesn't change.

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

I don't need to speak with my colleagues in the national side to know what kind of player Messi is. He's one of the…

— Jesus Navas

Messi is as famous as any footballer has ever been, and yet, when it comes down to it, we don't know much about him.…

— Paul Scholes

Messi owes something to Argentina. He knows that.

— Mario Kempes

For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world... Messi will be the player…

— Johan Cruijff

Messi is an ambassador of Argentina, and I am also proud of him as an Argentine.

— Javier Zanetti

I think now Messi is probably done more than most players. But he is in the same class as Alfredo de Stefano, Johan Cruyff,…

— Bobby Charlton