Soccer Phenomenon Quotes

Everyone wants to see Neymar and Messi play together.

You can never know if there will be a second Cruyff, someone with a great personality who can grow up and make it into the squad of the club they love. But what is certain is that, in the Champions League, there will be big clubs producing these players forever.

Messi is unique. You can't compare anyone to him.

Messi is from another planet.

What can you say about Messi? A guy who has won five Ballon d'Ors, four Champions Leagues and has scored 97 goals in a year. There is no need to win a World Cup to certify that talent.

Messi is 'The Matrix' - that image when everything slows down, and he can do what he wants.

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.

Lionel Messi is on a different planet to anyone.

Everybody has the clarity of telling I haven't seen a player like Lionel Messi, and I am fortunate for training and seeing him every day at the training field. And even sometimes he surprises you with some good performances. There is not comparison with other players I have seen along my life. He is unique.

Messi's start to 2015 has been unrivalled. His efficiency in front of goal and the amount of goals he has scored cannot be bettered.

Messi is just an anomaly: he can dribble, he can score, he can pass, he has the vision, he understands the game.

When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi make a lot of goals, but what Ronaldinho used to do was unbelievable. He used to be amazing on the field, and also scored a lot of goals.

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

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

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

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.

I know I'm not a Lionel Messi or a Cristiano Ronaldo.

Neymar is a player at a whole different level, in a different world.

The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway.

I don't think anyone can replace Steven Gerrard, be it Messi or whoever.

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.

The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.

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

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.