Andrea Pirlo Quotes

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two players that, the way I see it, can have a spot amongst the best of all time.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they play on a different galaxy.

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

Dave Mackay was one of the best I've ever seen. Jimmy Greaves was the greatest goal scorer, and George Best was just the best. The greatest.

Ronaldo and Messi, in particular, are above everybody else.

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

Messi and Ronaldo are certainly the best in the world. They are both unbelievable. I am very happy to be a contemporary of these geniuses.

Messi and Ronaldo are the toughest. But I would also place Eden Hazard of Chelsea, Neymar of Barcelona, and Karim Benzema of Real Madrid on the list.

They are among the three best in the world: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar are the three best players in the world and I'm happy I have one of them playing alongside me.

Nobody is perfect. Even Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo can sometimes look like players from League One.

I thought the first Welsh team I played in was the golden generation, with Neville Southall, Mark Hughes, Ian Rush, Dean Saunders, Gary Speed, and Ryan Giggs.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar are phenomenal.

I've never had an idol, but I watched Ronaldinho and then players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi. They are so good, it's impossible not to notice them.

Paolo Maldini never won, but he was the best defender in the world. Gianluigi Buffon never won; he was the best goalkeeper in the world for many years. But this is the story of the Ballon d'Or.

Without Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, we would discuss Robben more often and with more appreciation.

Maradona is among the best five players I've ever seen: Garrincha, Pele, Diego, Cruijff and Beckenbauer.

Kevin Keegan said if he had a blank sheet of paper, five names would be on it.

To play along alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, or Franck Ribery is an honour for any footballer.

I'd never look at someone and think he's better than me, unless it's Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.

An Ibra-Messi tandem would have been marvellous, but history decided otherwise.

For me, the best player in the world is Messi, but the second one is Cristiano.

Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were unbelievable players. You cannot compare yourself to them. It is impossible. Scholes especially, I like him a lot, and I have a lot of respect for what he did for United.

To play against Cristiano and Messi, it is always complicated.

Maradona and Messi played in different times and in different positions. Messi is much more a striker, Diego was all over the entire pitch. They are two extraordinary players.

I'm a Ronaldo fan as well, and for me, they're the top two players in the world. But for me, Messi is the kind of player that can do anything.