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Messi is a winner.
I am fascinated by English football.
You have to win before anything else.
Messi is a player who can play in any team.
All the best players wanted to come to Italy.
I know where I come from and what my roots are.
I do not like football. It is just my profession.
The number 9 has to be the one who scores the goals.
Sometimes the logic of football has no value at all.
Scoring a goal is just the best feeling for a striker.
Argentina have always had the best strikers in the world.
It's difficult to find gaps with 20 players in 20 metres.
I want to expand my horizons and mix with different people.
I would like to give my best and score as many goals as possible.
I go out to score goals, but I don't go out thinking about records.
I want to win the Italian league. That's why I said no to Manchester United.
I know perfectly well that in football, you have good times, and you have bad times.
It would be spectacular if I could be the top scorer and win the World Cup with Argentina.
Messi, even if technically is same or more, he doesn't have more charisma than Maradona had.
You don't celebrate a goal differently just because it's scored against one team or the other.
I could have become an E.U. player if I'd wanted to, but I am, and prefer to remain, Argentine.
I've always considered Florence as my girlfriend. I don't have to explain my love for this city.
For me, practice and discipline are the magic words to become big in any sport, especially soccer.
I have no intention of coaching Boca Juniors, and no-one from the club has approached me to do so.
I felt terrible when I went to Roma because I hadn't fulfilled the expectations of the Florentines.
If I had gone to Madrid, I would have scored more than 200 goals, but I knew I would have got bored.
I've made a lot of sacrifices to play for Roma and Argentina, but I don't seem to get thanked for it.
You go around the world, and you say, 'I'm the top scorer for the Argentina national team.' I liked that.
I want to broaden my horizons, speak a new language, meet new people, and experience a different culture.
My family grew up in Florence. There I became what I am now, and those are things that cannot be forgotten.
I have had a positive experience in Qatar. It has not been too challenging, and it has given my ankles a rest!
It goes without saying that I love the game, the tactics, the training, and everything that happens on the pitch.
England's is a very solid squad, but I can't name a particular player; a team is all the players, and they're good.
English football is different: always on the attack. Although one thing is clear. The best football is the Italian.
To be in the national team is wonderful in it's own right. For me, playing against Brazil or Venezuela is the same.
In Argentina, everyone knows Manchester United, but the only ones who've heard of Fiorentina are people who follow me.
My problem is that I have no cartilage or tendons. My 86 kilos are supported by bones alone. That's what generated the pain.
Although I have never won a major trophy, I consider myself a winner because I helped Fiorentina to compete with the big boys.
I lived and breathed football. Now I have difficulty walking because of that: because I gave much more than I actually had to give.
This is the World Cup, and you need all the elements in place: a good coach, luck, and a cohesive team unit are fundamental requirements.
I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.
I received many offers - namely from Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Milan - but I preferred the tranquillity of playing for Fiorentina.
From my playing experience in Qatar, I know that it is a country and a region which will host a spectacular and passionate World Cup in 2022.
I never said I was going to play for Boca but rather that, if I went back to Argentina to play, I would do so for only one team, and that's Boca.
Balotelli, and a few others, have everything that I would have liked to have. It angers me that he does not use his talent to his full advantage.
I love the game and everything that goes with actually playing. What I don't like so much are the interviews, the controversy, and all the external stuff.
It's fun to have wingers that cross the ball for you, but when two intelligent No. 9s play together, they understand each other better than with the wingers.
I am preparing myself to leave football. I have always thought that once you get past 30, it is time to reflect on when you should go, and that is what I have done.
I will certainly continue in football in a different role. I will continue with my contractual, publicity and managerial commitments and finish my studies for coaching.
The Islamic culture is a question mark for many people across the world, but Qatar opens its doors to supporters all over the world so they can learn from this old culture.