Argentine soccer legend Lionel Messi affirmed during an interview on Wednesday that he considers his soccer success a combination of discipline and natural abilities, emphasizing his belief that God blessed him with that gift and expressing gratitude for it.

Speaking before the America Business Forum in Miami, where he has lived since joining the Inter Miami soccer team in 2023, Messi contended that gifts of talent were of little use without developing that talent, but that hard work without God would also not have led him to his outstanding career wins. Asked by moderator Francis Suárez, the mayor of Miami, whether champions were “born or made,” Messi began his answer with gratitude for God.

“I always said that God gave me a gift. He chose me, and since I was very little I was like t

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