You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman.

Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.

Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.

I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.

I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground.

You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.

The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

I repeat what I always say: I want the best for Argentina in every way. I never try to make trouble for anybody.

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.

Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.

I want to concentrate on winning things with Barcelona and Argentina. Then if people want to say nice things about me when I have retired, great. Right now, I need to concentrate on being part of a team - not just on me.

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day.

Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way possible. But that trait is not something I've worked on, it's part of me.

For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.

Nah, I've always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. They've been very close to me and we have a great relationship.

On a personal note, I think it won't be until after I've retired that I'm fully aware of what I've done or what I've gone on to achieve in my career.

When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, personal records are secondary.

I am competitive and I feel bad when we lose. You can see it in me when we've lost. I'm in a bad way. I don't like to talk to anyone.

We will not take Arsenal lightly for one minute, as they showed in the two matches against us last season that they can be dangerous opponents if we lose our concentration for a moment.

It's scoring goals that's great, whether against Brazil or anybody else.

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.

I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. I've been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

"Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead."