Winning eighth Ballon d'Or 'not important to me' - Messi
Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d'Or seven times, most recently doing so in 2021
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00:00 I think that throughout my career, I've said it many times,
00:05 although it's a very important award,
00:08 for what it means to be recognized,
00:11 one of the most beautiful awards at an individual level,
00:14 but I never read importance in quotes.
00:21 The most important thing for me were always the collective awards,
00:27 I was lucky to have achieved everything in my career,
00:33 and you can imagine that after winning the World Cup,
00:37 which was what I was missing,
00:39 I'm thinking much less about that award.
00:42 My biggest award was that one,
00:45 and today I'm enjoying my moment,
00:48 and I don't think about it.
00:50 If it goes well, and if it doesn't, it's okay.
00:53 I was lucky to have achieved all my goals,
00:59 which I've been thinking about throughout my career,
01:03 and now I have new goals with this club,
01:06 which is what we came for,
01:08 to try to help the club to win titles,
01:11 and personally, to keep winning titles.
01:14 getting a good look.