Quotes

Pressure brings out the best in me. It's the only way to keep improving: putting a bit of pressure on yourself.

Without good horses, you are nothing. In polo, it's 70 per cent horse, 30 per cent rider. And I have the best horses.

In Argentina, you do what your father does. If your father plays football, you play football. If your father plays polo, you play polo.

I'm just happy with what I am, and I happen to be a polo player.

In polo, you jump on a horse and you play. To play tennis, you have to train every day. It's your legs that do all the work. In polo, it's the horses' legs.

I always want more glory. Always.

I am no David Beckham. I have not changed my life since I was 15 years old. My family is the only thing that has changed for me.

I just play, that's all. When I'm in the field, I always connect with what I'm doing. I can't explain it. I can't control it. It just happens.

I will never be a millionaire, and I don't want to be.

If you have the right horses and the right team, that's the way to succeed. But you have to work, and you have to improve. Every year, you must get better.

I am very happy with my life, but seven or eight months a year, I am away from home. I want to go home - that's the truth.

Everybody is talking about the Triple Crown, but I want to win the Open. That is my aim.

I've always helped polo to grow.

You can decide at 17 that you want to be a professional player. In Argentina, they start very young. They go to school in the morning and then do polo in the afternoon.

I have to look after myself. I go to the gym every day; I have physio every day, I have a couple of guys that work with my body a lot.

I want to finish high school, but that will be it.

I don't care what other people say. The important pressure, you put on yourself. The pressure that others put on you? I ignore it.

I wanted total control and leadership. I wanted to buy the horses and choose the players.

I play the way it's most effective for the team. They used to say I hit the ball too many times.

I believe in enjoying the game. If you make it too much work, that's not good.

Here in Argentina, it is easy to practice and play because we have the horses, the land, the players - everything.

We know we cannot plant seeds with closed fists. To sow, we must open our hands.

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

Don't stand back with your arms folded; step forward... There is hope and light to resist injustice and promote peace without violence.

We know that peace is only possible when it is the fruit of justice. True peace is a profound transformation by means of the force of nonviolence that is the power of love.