I don't have Romário's technique, [Marc] Overmars' pace or [Patrick] Kluivert's strength. But I work harder than the others. I'm like the student who is not as clever, but revises for his exams and does OK in the end.
Leo Messi is a spectacular player, there is nobody else like him. I should not because I have suffered so much in training. I think he is the best forward at the moment and I think he will be so for many more years. He has his feet on the ground.
My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study.
FC Barcelona is the national team of Catalonia
There's a special part of Messi's brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos of football in his own personal super slow motion.