Lionel Messi has spoken about who he considers to be the greatest of all time in other sports.
Messi is considered by many to be the greatest football player of all time. The Argentine spoke in an exclusive interview with Tom Llamas of NBC Nightly News. When asked who he has looked up to or studied, here is what he had to say:
“For us Argentinians, Maradona was always our greatest idol and greatest admiration, for everything he meant to us. I was little and saw him play live. Diego transcended everything.
“When it comes to other sports, obviously I think the same thing happened with Jordan. I really admire tennis players like Federer, Rafa and Djokovic and I think that all three of them made the competition much bigger than it was before.
“Competing for so long to be the best and being so close to each other made it all much more fantastic. I don’t know, I’m sure I’m forgetting a lot of athletes but to highlight a few, I think I’d go with those, to name a few from basketball. LeBron, Steph, the best. The players that I admire a lot and I think they gave a lot to the sport, each in their own way. So, well, there are several names.”
