If you’re ever sad just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as Lionel Messi
“When Messi retires, football will seem like a different sport and there will be a huge void. We will watch a huge mourning, long as a fasting. The grief of colossal dimensions. A hole in football’s stomach. When Messi retires, our view on football will change because we will be worried remembering what was and it’s not anymore. Messi is the closest there is to a certainty. Messi is an assurance that the impossible, the unthinkable, the uncertain and the unlikely will happen. That no matter how hard it is, it will happen. In a sport of incertitude, accidents and randomness, Messi stands for certainty: what couldn’t happen, happens. Because he’s Messi, which stopped being a proper noun to become an adverb of cause: Why do things happen? Because of Messi.”
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Lily James and Richard Madden at the Cinderella premiere on March 1st, 2015
“It feels amazing. The game was massive for us because of the position in the table, the rivalry and the history between the two clubs. I think today is the happiest day since I came to the club. I am very happy for the fans, for the team and happy with the performance and the three points.” - Juan Mata.