Cups Quote by Cobi Jones

I was 22, and getting into a World Cup squad is what you dream about as a kid, so finishing third was fantastic.

— Henrik Larsson

I was 15 when I won the World Cup Guarana Antarctica in 2004. It was a very special moment.

— Willian

I was 21 when I made the the finals of Cincinnati and finished 20 in the world, and thought it was going to come pretty easy.

— Mardy Fish

Everyone dreams of winning a European Cup final, and I was lucky to do it at just 19.

— Clarence Seedorf

18 was a great year for me to change me in the right way. When I was 19 I started to play really well again.

— Andrey Rublev

When the U.S. team went on its historic run to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002, I was thirteen years old. Each game in…

— Clint Smith

I was an 18-year-old lad playing in a Scottish League Cup final at Hampden in front of 60,000 against Celtic. That's an experience I…

— James Maddison

I played for Santos at 16, and we had an excellent team, so it helped a lot. And then I played for Brazil at…

— Pele

England Under 16, Under 17, Under 18, I played centre-half. But back then, David Moyes thought it was difficult to throw a 16-year-old in…

— Jack Rodwell

I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment.

— Marion Jones

I have been following World Cups since I was 11 years old. The competition inspires me.

— Vijay Shankar

From making my international debut as a 16-year-old to now 37, it has been a good 21 years of my prime life spent not…

— Mithali Raj