World cup Quotes · Page 13

I have a trophy room in my home and at the center is the replica of the World Cup.

— Cafu

Playing at the World Cup is something that I am really hungry for.

— Gary Cahill

Which player isn't motivated about playing in the World Cup?

— Gonzalo Higuain

Any game in the World Cup is a tough game. The atmosphere brings a lot out of both teams.

— Ruben Loftus-Cheek

The World Cup is definitely a good place to show that when you're at Tottenham, you can be a top player.

— Christian Eriksen

Coming off the back of the World Cup, it is important you get that rest.

— Kieran Trippier

Of all the players at the World Cup I don't think it is too much to compare Ronaldinho with the great Pele.

— Cafu

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

— Romelu Lukaku

A French player, Sylvain Marconnet, broke his tibia skiing in 2007 and missed his home World Cup. For me the risk of…

— Mike Tindall

Hockey is no longer a big four. It's football, basketball, baseball and soccer. Now, I'm not talking MLS. I'm talking COPA, World…

— Colin Cowherd

I wanted to finish at the top of the game and on my own terms. I thought it was the perfect time…

— Karen Carney

My decision was to go abroad, especially after winning the World Cup, and to go to Madrid was perfect. I was 100…

— Toni Kroos

At the World Cup and at national team camps it's hard. Everyone wanted me to go back home and play for their…

— Jude Bellingham

“Jerome Boateng spoke pre-season after the World Cup in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and described how Guardiola told him in every training…

— Guillem Balague

The hunger doesn't diminish when you win something. If you have the chance to win the European and Spanish Super Cups and…

— Ivan Rakitic

The reason why Indian bowling has done exceptionally well in this World Cup is MS Dhoni. When we wrote them off, he…

— V. V. S. Laxman

“In my heart of hearts I knew I was wrong. The World Cup was about to begin in the United States. The…

— Boubacar Boris Diop

Those who believe in this type of thing [Paul the Octopus, who ‘predicted’ the result of World Cup matches] cannot be the…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Since there's a shelf life for models, I started to do some acting. I got agents and a manager and just recently…

— Amber Lancaster

I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted,…

— Vicente del Bosque

The more expensive and/or exclusive a sport, the whiter it tends to be: the fact almost has the force of a law.…

— Martin Jacques

The thing about Champions League football is it can turn on an instant. You can have a very good, solid team over…

— Javier Zanetti

People say we have a talented generation but we can only confirm this talent when we play in a World Cup like…

— Victor Osimhen

If you run a country and want to put it on the global map you don't have so many choices. You can…

— Martin Sorrell

I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.

— Gabriel Basso

When I die, the last thing I want to see is the six that Dhoni hit in the 2011 World Cup final.

— Sunil Gavaskar

Messi is a god, as a person and even more as a player. I hope that he wins the World Cup with…

— Samuel Eto'o

The Premier League and the World Cup are equally important to me.

— David Silva

To play in the World Cup and try to win something for England was the ultimate.

— Peter Shilton

I think whoever wins the World Cup deserves the right to be named the number one-one day team in the world.

— Michael Clarke

I'm the only player in history to have played in three consecutive World Cup finals.

— Cafu

Winning an official World Cup with the South African team had become my burning ambition.

— AB de Villiers

Everyone wants to play at a World Cup. It would have been my dream to go.

— Harry Winks

As a rugby player, you strive to be an All Black, win a World Cup, and win a Super Rugby title.

— Sonny Bill Williams

Being part of the World Cup team is definitely very special for any cricketer.

— Vijay Shankar

The World Cup is what we've done all them hours for. It's why we give up normal life.

— Steph Houghton

Winning the World Cup for your country is the highest you can be.

— Erik ten Hag

God helped me crown my football career with a participation in the World Cup.

— Essam El Hadary

I still have ambition to captain England into the 2011 World Cup. I'm very keen to do that job.

— Andrew Strauss

I mean any tournament, any World Cup is always tough, particularly the T20 World Cup.

— Kane Williamson