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I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

You have to be a student of the game to be successful, and it's promising when you can say that, with a world-record performance, I still have things to improve on!

I feel as though I've proved myself these last five years that I can be one of the top players in the league.

It takes a different mindset to be successful in anything; that's why there's not a lot of super duper successful people, because it's guys I know who may be ten times more talented than me, but they don't work as hard.

A lot of people think being at the top means you have to be the best at a certain game. You don't. It's more about personality.

I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.

I'm not a top-five player yet. Maybe I'm close to it, but I still have to work on some aspects. You can only be part of that group if you are decisive in the top games.

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and a great team member. This is also the secret to a meaningful career and self-fulfillment.