Lionel Messi Speech

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Marriage/Childred

Lionel Messi's wife is Antonella Roccucuzo and he has a 1 year old son named Thiago

Awards

Main award is Ballon D'Or (Golden Ball) 3 Golden Shoe awards (top goal scorer in each league) 2 Pichichi trophies

Mistakes

Many chances to score he doesn't score well known EX. vs Bayern Munich

Youth Life

Started playing at a young age. Had a growth deficiency which caused him to be smaller than normal kids in size and his family couldn't afford the treatment. Messi joined Barca youth yeam at age 13 and the growth deficiency was treated. Messi played so well in the youth team that he joined the actual Barcelona team at just 16 years old

Work

Still plays on Barca Plays on Argentine nat'l team in WC and Olympics Plays in UCL Works with the Leo Messi Foundation

Quote 2

"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." This quote means that you have to try your hardest all the time. The only way you'll be at the top is if you try your hardest every second of your life.

Critisicm

Whenever Messi makes a mistake he gets criticized. He gets criticized when compared to his rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, or when he gets compared to other great players like Pele and Maradona. Since Diego Maradona is from Argentina also, Messi always gets criticized when he is compared with him

What I learned from confidence class

main thing is that in order to succeed you must have a burning desire for whatever you want. Have confidence and you can't let the "what-if" take you over.

Achievements

6 league championships Top goal scorer in PRD history Top goal scorer in UCL in last 4 years Led Argentina to an Olympic Gold Medal in 2008

Birth/Family/Childhood

Born June 24 1987 to Jorge/Celia Messi At age of 5 started playing with his 2 older brothers His Dad coached him till he was 8 when he joined the youth team for Newell

Thank You note

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the honorable judge(s), all the members of the audience for coming and listening and finally my coach, Mrs. Vidhi for her valuable guidance.

Quote 1

One of the reasons Messi was good was because of his attitude. "The day which you think there are no improvements to be made is a sad day for any player" This quote means that even the top achievers have room for improvement and if they stopped striving to get better, they would not be where they are right now.

Introduction

There's only one person in the world who can... Its not the person I'm going to talk about today, it's me, ____ ____ and...

Why I chose him

Very good soccer player and his skills came only out of more and more practice. His coach also said he has a "strong" personality and he is very humble in spite of being the best. I also like playing and watching soccer and one of my favorite players is Messi.

Education

Went to MS/HS in Argentina, spoke Spanish and a little English and did not go to college since he was recruited by Barca

Personality Intro

....a soccer player. In fact the best one right now. One of the best of all time... With 6 PRD championships, 3 UCL Championships, 3 WC championships and a record for the most goals in a season (91), there's only one person I could be talking about...Lionel Messi


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