Frank Rijkaard Quotes

I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers?

I cannot say who is better between Messi and Ronaldo. Because they are different players. Both are superstars.

Marta is one of my favourite players, and one of the best players I've had the privilege of coming up against, so I say this with the greatest respect: there are other players who were in a much stronger position to be named the best female player of 2018.

The only thing I could do better than Peyton was run.

Modric is spectacular, but Messi has no comparison with Luka or anyone.

I don't like to compare players, particularly to myself.

I think that Balotelli could be as good as Torres - and even better than him.

Cristiano is unlucky to be playing in the same era as Messi. Ronaldo is a very good player, but Messi is even better.

We often compare footballers with players of the past.

I grew up with sports, but I was definitely not good enough to become a professional athlete - I just loved the storytelling aspect of it.

I was a better hockey player than I was a baseball player.

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

The questions don't happen when you hit 30 homers, right? If you hit 30 home runs, you hit 40 doubles, I don't think anybody questions your conditioning or your offseason program.

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

I dabbled in football myself until the age of 14, but I didn't have as much love for the sport as I did track and field. I would never have been good enough to take it to the highest level.

The best player to compare to Aguero is Romario.

I really like Neymar too, but I really like Messi.

Messi simply cannot be stopped by yourself. Ronaldo is easier because he is more about athletic prowess.

It's not always statistics that determine the best player, especially the quarterback.

I want Robinho to stay with Madrid because I think that he is almost the same as Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi scores three goals every game. If you score one goal, you're not Messi.

Messi is a good stimulus for Cristiano.

It is good, it is better to be voted by the players - they know everything about football.

I feel like my game is more like LeBron's than Kobe's, so that's why I think I gravitated toward his game more.

Cristiano Ronaldo is good, but Messi is 10 times better.