Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

When you play against dirty players or very tough players, it's easy to escape because you know what they're going to do. But when the player is tough but intelligent, it's much more difficult.

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

I speak very highly of Jim Thome. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great individual.

I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.