World cup Quotes · Page 9

If you've got an opportunity to improve your squad before a World Cup you must take it.

— Nasser Hussain

To have the chance to work with a World Cup-winning coach is special, and not everybody gets that opportunity.

— Miroslav Klose

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

— Lorrie Fair

There's no better way for me to end my time with the German team than by winning the World Cup.

— Miroslav Klose

It's something we've all been waiting to see happen to Icelandic football - to actually go to the World Cup.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

I am Brazilian, and that is not going to change, but I want to win the World Cup with Spain.

— Diego Costa

I was hoping for a little more faith in me following my performances after the 2010 World Cup.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

The goal is to win the World Cup for India but my personal goal is representing India in Tests.

— Yuzvendra Chahal

I have always loved the big stage and would often tell my friends while growing up that I'd want to help India…

— Gautam Gambhir

They knew who I was in Australia in 2006, but not to a great extent. Now, with the momentum of a second…

— Timothy F. Cahill

I don't know about the 2026 World Cup. But I would love to see Anirudh Thapa sending a cross to Jhingan and…

— Sunil Chhetri

It's good practice winning the World Cup young. If you go into the senior squad at a major tournament and you've already…

— Phil Foden

After I signed pro forms in 1991, I went on to be chosen for a Paulista state championship select XI, then for…

— Cafu

I wanted to play for England at a World Cup and to grace the pitch for even two minutes at such a…

— Jermaine Jenas

I'd played a few games at the Under-17 World Cup finals, and that's when I agreed a deal with City. In all…

— Kelechi Iheanacho

That's the dream. Being on the U.S. National team and winning the World Cup. I'll take the win anyway I can get…

— Freddy Adu

Only when I saw I could be the first one to win five world cup races in a row did I get…

— Nino Schurter

My generation started in big tournaments. '88 Olympics, we got silver. '89 European Championship, we got gold. 1990 World Cup in Argentina,…

— Vlade Divac

People make up their mind on whether you're a good player over seven games at a World Cup. You're great if you…

— Gonzalo Higuain

I can still remember watching Italy win the 1982 World Cup. I was just an eight-year-old kid in Naples, my hometown, watching…

— Fabio Cannavaro

Most of us miss out on life's big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel. Oscars. The World Cup. But we're all eligible for…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Once the World Cup preparations begin there will hardly be an opportunity to do so, since we'll have to put all our…

— Jurgen Klinsmann

I still remember my quote from the 2007 World Cup, when I said scoring two threes was as good as hitting a…

— Andrew Strauss

My first memory of the national team is the 1982 World Cup. I remember those days at our home or at my…

— Gianluigi Buffon

Growing up, playing in a World Cup, scoring in a World Cup, is what you dream about.

— Emile Heskey

When we won the 2009 World Cup in Australia, we flew economy, shared hotel rooms and had a 10:45 P.M. curfew.

— Isa Guha

I am extremely elated to be in the Indian World Cup team. This is like a dream come true.

— Vijay Shankar

In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.

— Shakira

The World Cup is always difficult, you need to come physically prepared.

— Gennaro Gattuso

I want to win the World Cup and bring some joy back to the country.

— Jude Bellingham

I am not thinking about World Cup and all those things. You can't play freely if you start thinking like that.

— Vijay Shankar

We're going to do it. We're going to get to the World Cup.

— Wayne Rooney

The teams that have won the World Cup, I've looked at them as the No. 1 team in the world.

— Michael Clarke

Since I was fifteen years of age, I have been wanting to go to the football World Cup.

— Jaggi Vasudev

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

— Hope Solo

We have to be playing near-perfect football to go and win a World Cup.

— Steph Houghton

If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup.

— Andy Gray

I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.

— Jonny Wilkinson

The World Cup has its own space that needs to be respected.

— Ravi Shastri

Scoring a goal for England is special. Scoring in a World Cup is even more special.

— Nikita Parris