Endrick, a new football star recruited to Real Madrid, quoted Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol. This is also seen with Haaland, Mbappe, Saka, Vini Jr, Rodrygo, Kvara. So many young players today all state Ronaldo as an influence for them. Messi has more accolades than Ronaldo, but the only young players I can think that stated him as an influence is Julian Alvarez and Jude Bellingham. Why do you think most young players respect and admire Ronaldo more than Messi?
One is an alien, and one is a robot.
You can try and mimic what the sociopathic (sociopath isn’t an insult) robot does to achieve greatness both in his progression and his life. But the alien, only other aliens who happen to turn up can understand or emulate.