Gerard Deulofeu Quotes

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.

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

My biggest hero was Roman Gabriel, who was the QB of the Rams, and Roger Staubach. Those were the two guys I tired to emulate when I was little.

We are just lucky to be able to watch Ronaldo and Messi at their best.

As a kid, you'd look at all these guys in the NFL and almost idolize them.

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.

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

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

When I was younger my idols were Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit.

For many years, Messi and Ronaldo will be the two best. After them, there is Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and others. I hope to be in the top ten.

You see guys in the NFL when you're younger, and you try to model your game after that.

I played with the likes of Kelly Smith, Rachel Yankey, and Fara Williams - all these great players. Everybody knew who they were, and I was turning into one of these girls who were always my heroes.

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.

Depending on who we're playing, it's just kind of, like, a little starstruck. You know, because these are guys that... I'm playing against Tom Brady or Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, guys like that that I've been watching since high school, that's been doing crazy things.

When I first joined the team, I was playing with the likes of Mia Hamm, Shannon MacMillan, Tiffeny Milbrett - all those big-time players. It was very intimidating. I had some of these players' posters on my wall growing up, and now I was able to play with them.

If you have Messi or Ronaldo you start the game 1-0 up.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar are phenomenal.

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.

When I was smaller, I always looked up to Zidane, Messi, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo.

Ryan Giggs and David Beckham were the two players I've always looked up to.

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

To give you an idea what it feels like to be going in with some of the best baseball players of all-time, I mean it is fantastic. I have to say this about them, there are so many of these guys up here that were my role models, people I looked up to, people I wanted to be like.