The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.
You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.
I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.
The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct.
Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way possible. But that trait is not something I've worked on, it's part of me.
I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.
The only thing that matters is playing. I have enjoyed it since I was a little boy and I still try to do that every time I go out on to a pitch. I always say that when I no longer enjoy it or it's no longer fun to do it, then I won't do it anymore. I do it because I love it.
Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer, I would willingly play for nothing.
I have many years to get better and better, and that has to be my ambition. The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.