Lionel Messi: "I knew Neymar from being at Santos. I knew his father from even earlier, having met him at a game for Deco's charity."
Messi: "In footballing terms, I knew of Neymar for what he was doing in Brazil and the Copa Libertadores."
Messi: "I was very surprised by Neymar's personality. He is still very young and joyful, he lives happily. An incredible person."
Messi on his relationship with Neymar & Suarez: "It's natural, on its own, it was not a relationship that we were searching for."
Messi: "It's all real. We began to get on really well off the pitch and that soon leads to things being easier on the pitch."
Messi: "Things were easier with the three of us being South Americans & so we live through similar things. That brought us together a lot."
Messi on his relationship with Neymar as compared to with Ronaldinho: "When I came to Barça, I was very young, as Ney was when he arrived."
Messi: "Ronaldinho, and all the Brazilians in the squad at the time, took me under their wing. They treated me spectacularly well."
Messi: "Ney integrated himself very quickly into the group due to the type of person he is."
Messi: "I had a great relationship with all Brazilians & I continue to do so with Ronaldinho, Deco, Motta, Sylvinho, I still speak to them."
Messi: "Neymar always says he is a fan of mine & that embarrasses me a little, because he tells me to my face that he is a fanatic of mine."
Messi: "Even when Neymar came, I realised that when he would say it, he would mean it. It is how he felt and it made me very happy."
Messi: "A kid like Neyamr would say these things about me and that we can continue to have that good relationship to this day."
Messi on being a reference point in world football: "I treat it with calmness, trying to be in each moment how I actually am in reality."
Messi: "I do not have to be false, I am as you see me, and it makes me happy that people admire me and take me as an example."
Messi: "The truth is I am normal in everyday life, like when I am at home."
Messi: What would you have been if not a footballer? "I have no idea. Since I was little, I only dreamt of playing football, nothing else."
Messi on his future: "I don't think about it. I do not have anything planned out at the moment, I am focused on enjoying the moment."
Messi: Would Neymar get in Argentina team? "Neymar would have a place wherever he wanted. A player like him could play wherever he wished."
Messi: "Playing football is what I like to do and when the time comes, I will see what I end up doing. At the moment, I have no idea."
Messi: Maradona or Messi? (Laughs) "Maradona."
Messi: World Cup or Ballon d'Or? "World Cup."