Iniesta deserved to win the Ballon d'Or. To win it, you have to be lucky that the attackers have not done so well. If Messi and Ronaldo score 50 or 60 goals, they will always give it to them.
After winning the World Cup and the European Footballer of the Year award too, I do not think I can ask for anything else.
I'm a drop-back passer, and those seldom win Heismans.
If the Ballon d'Or was fair, Xavi would have won five or six. He deserves all the respect in the world.
The Ballon d'Or has never been something that I've missed.
I've been Offensive Player of the Week. I've been Offensive Player of the Month.
Winning the Ballon d’Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United.
Messi won 3 Ballons d'Or and is competing for another one. He will be the best player in the world until he retires.
The end goal is to become FIFA Women's Player of the Year.
Cristiano Ronaldo has done massive things in both the Premier League and in the Champions League, but Messi is the best though and I am convinced that next year he will win the Ballon d'Or.
The Ballon d'Or is nice, but at the end of the day, I want to have success and play good, and if people recognise me, then I'm happy.
They called me Little Milla. He was one of the best in the world, not just in Africa. A lot of us think he did not win the best player in the world award just because he was African. It was an honour to have the name - he was an inspiration.
I know some people expected me to be a Ballon d'Or winner.
If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players
I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn't mind it if I didn't.
As for the (Ballon d'Or) criteria, I'm not really sure how it works. Sometimes it's a World Cup year, sometimes it isn't. Let them vote. For me, there is no doubt as to who is the best, year after year.
I have achieved lots of things throughout my career that are very, very good, but if they rewarded me with a Ballon d'Or, that would be historical.
Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year... his fellow players.
I did Scottish footballer of the year this year, attempted to do some comedy at that. Not the brightest people in the world. There were seven O-Levels in that room, and they were all mine.
Medals were - and always will be - the best thing to show your accomplishments in football.
At the FIFA World Player of the Year event, FIFA executives and FIFA president Sepp Blatter didn't know who I was. And I was being honored as top three in the world. That was pretty shocking.
I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'.
When you are a starting Real Madrid player, you have to think big. Think of the Ballon d'Or, FIFA's World XI.
Winning titles plays a big role in the Ballon d'Or race.
