“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”
— Lionel Messi
Said during a 2013 interview with Football España, discussing his childhood move from Rosario to Barcelona at age thirteen.
I was ten when the doctors said I would not grow. The injections cost more than my father made. Nobody in Argentina wanted to pay. We flew to Barcelona and I left every friend I had. You want to know about sacrifice? I was a kid, alone, in a country where nobody spoke my language. But I had a ball and I had a chance. That was enough. If you have one chance, take it. Do not wait for a second one.