"Were it not for the other, one of Cristiano or Messi would probably have won the Ballon d'Or eight times"

Former Real Madrid Manager Carlo Ancelotti says Messi and Ronaldo are pushing each other to achieve greater things.
There have been speculations over who is better between the two players, but Ancelotti when asked said;
"I always get asked about Lionel Messi and how Cristiano regards him," Ancelotti wrote the Telegraph.
 "The truth is, we did not spend all our days at Madrid talking about Messi.
"Cristiano respects Messi; he respects him a lot. In a way I think they need one another. Each one pushes the other to new heights, to new records of goalscoring.
"Ronaldo signed for Manchester United in 2003 and played his first international tournament in 2004. Twelve years on he is still the biggest European star. That's incredible.
"Were it not for the other, one of Cristiano or Messi would probably have won the Ballon d'Or eight times, rather than three for one and five for the other. Or perhaps they would not have flown so high without the other pushing them on.
"As a manager it was a pleasure to be in
charge of Ronaldo. He wanted to play every week and he wanted to score every week. I never went to bed the night before a match worrying about whether he was going to be ready."