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1 " Even now, when Benny and I are running down the soccer field and the wind is blowing through my Messi hair and the crowd is chanting my name (hey, I can dream, right?) and the sun is shining on my face and I'm going so fast I feel like I'm flying - he's with me.My dad.I feel him everywhere, but especially on the field.With me.His Golden Boy. "
― Amy Makechnie , Ten Thousand Tries
2 " We always have choices.Choose to respond with our best selves.Choose to focus on what we can control.-Coach AKA The Hulk "
3 " And I know, like I'll always know, that when Dad's got his eyes on me, I will never-ever-give up.You have to fight to reach your dreams.Make the impossible possible.We got this, Dad. "
4 " We always have choices. In tough, stressful situations, there are two choices. We can let the stress consume us and respond with self-doubt or fear. We can shut down. Or we can choose to respond with our best selves. Choose to focus on what we can control. We can discipline ourselves to do what we know how to do. -Coach "
5 " All the preparation for this very moment is behind you. You've practiced and sprinted in hot and humid weather until you thought you were going to barf. You've worked on your touch, your through balls, your shots. You've psyched each other up. You are ready to win this game because you are the best-conditioned and most unselfish team out there. Let's go do what we can do! -Coach "
6 " Every great athlete has at least one moment that will forever haunt them because of what might have been. After years of literal sweat and tears, a dream can be over in seconds. This is my moment. "
7 " It's not exactly what I wanted. Not how I always pictured this moment. But I know that just like I've given my all for him, he's giving everything he has to give.To me.His Golden Boy.And that makes it perfect. "
8 " We can't let our team down if we are trying to do the right thing. -Coach Karl "
9 " I have come to learn that I am not perfect, nor will I ever be. Perfect is too hard. I'm perfectly fine with being perfectly imperfect.-attributed to Lionel Messi "
10 " Dad would say, In the end, what is soccer?It's just a game.It's air in a leather ball.It's kicking a ball across lines painted on a field.Just a game.But for us, it was always more than that.It was how Patrick Maroni and Coach taught us how to live.How to be a team.How to say good-bye. "
11 " The harder you work, the luckier you get! "
12 " When you saw him you would think: this kid can't play ball...He's too fragile, too small. But immediately you'd realize that he was born different, that he was a phenomenon and that he was going to be impressive. -Adrian Coria on his first impression of twelve-year-old Lionel Messi, soccer phenom "
13 " We go back for those left behind, don't we, Golden? -Lucy Littlehouse "
14 " I love you, buddy.Sometimes when she says this it almost feels like she's saying, 'I'm sorry for everything.'Me too. "
15 " I look up at Lucy's light in the window, then at the black light.The universe is so big.And I'm so small.Messi was small and discounted. Nobody thought he would become the greatest of all time.But he did.George things he's won...but the game's so.not over yet. "
16 " I have no doubt:we all have our shining moments.-Coach Dave Fleming "
17 " You were teeny tiny like a baby tomato. But you've gotten so big! And you're going to keep growing until you're bigger and stronger and taller. So instead of thinking about dying, how about you think about how awesome it is to be alive? Dad can't run right now, but you can. Dad can't jump right now, but Roma can! Before you die you get to LIVE! "
18 " Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits, and get on with trying to win. -Lionel Messi "
19 " I told Roma that even though her cells are dying, there were new ones being made every single second of the day. Isn't that what's happening to my arm? Cells are broken and dying but also trying to heal me. New cells every single second. So that means I will play again. "
20 " The world is short on finishers. FINISH. "
