The first time I met Leo Messi, I didn't know who he was, only that I couldn't believe the boots he was wearing. But he is like a brother to me. It was at the start of 2005, when I was with the Argentine under-17 squad and I saw him chatting with Ezequiel Garay and some other players about the boots he'd brought back from the U.S.A.
For Argentina I'm a central midfielder. Always have been and always will be.
Argentina have always produced very good players, and mine is just another name on the list.
I'm a Pele fan from way back when I was a kid, and then there was always this thing later about Pele and Maradona. I was young and impressionable as a kid but it was always Pele for me.
Messi is top but Maradona is another world.
People should know that I am Dybala, and I want to continue to be so. I understand the comparisons and expectations on me from the Argentines, but I don't want to be the new Messi or the Messi of the future.
I miss Boca. I miss the fans, wearing the jersey every Sunday, and stepping on to La Bombonera.
When I was young, as a fan of Independiente, my idol was Enrique Bochini. He was a playmaker and a total legend at the club. He never played for another club in his career. Maradona was a fan of Bochini too. So when I think that I have only played for Inter in Italy, I feel a little like Bochini. Only with far fewer assists!
I don't think there is anybody bigger or smaller than Maradona.
Messi owes something to Argentina. He knows that.
That desire to win is something that's drummed into you at an early age in my country. In Argentina, you grow up watching great teams and important victories.
When you've played at a club like River, who are a massive, massive club in Argentina - and Roma, the same, in Italy - you learn how to deal with the pressure. After that, you can live with anything.
I have no intention of coaching Boca Juniors, and no-one from the club has approached me to do so.
I honestly think I would swap all that I have won in my career to win something with the Argentine national team.
Mauricio had a relationship with my granddad and especially my dad, because they played against each other with Instituto and Newell's Old Boys, and my uncle went to school with him when they were children.
Just naming Batistuta gives me goosebumps!
As a manager, I won eight trophies in Chile, Ecuador, and Argentina.
I had wanted to play for Penarol since I was a boy. When I was young, I would go to their training ground, but at 18, I left Uruguay for Argentina, and my professional career started.
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.
I am just one of many who have played their part in Argentina's football history.
Any coach who's managed a big club in Argentina can manage anywhere.
