He was told he was too small to be a professional soccer player. Now, he’s just won his sixth Ballon d’Or. This is the story of Lionel Messi.
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00:00I'm a normal person. As I said before, I try to lead a normal family life.
00:31He was a devil with the ball, he had it tied up, he had a speed, those short cuts that he has, and how easily he passed the players.
00:42He always said he was going to grow up to play football. When the boys don't grow up, they are interested in being tall, because they want to be taller, for aesthetics, for the mines, because he wanted to play football.
01:12He was a great footballer. He was a great footballer.
01:27Like all Argentinians, we like Maradona a lot, because of what he did. He was a great player in the World Cup.
01:34He was a great player in the World Cup.
02:04It's a very important award for what it means, but I give more importance to collective awards than individual awards.
02:2319,000 5-year-old boys don't have to die every day, but they do. My name is Lionel Messi, and I think that figure should be zero.
02:5319,000 5-year-old boys don't have to die every day, but they do. My name is Lionel Messi, and I think that figure should be zero.
03:2319,000 5-year-old boys don't have to die every day, but they do. My name is Lionel Messi, and I think that figure should be zero.