Cup Quote by Marcel Desailly

In 1999, we went into the World Cup with a string of victories behind us but we could not handle the pressure and ended…

— Gareth Thomas

In '98, we were not the best team. But after that, we had the anger to prove to the whole world we were the…

— Marcel Desailly

That's one thing I relish, the pressure of having to try and beat the best teams in the world.

— Fran Kirby

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

— Imran Khan

We put pressure on ourselves because we want to be so great; we want to be the best team possible that we can be.

— Karl-Anthony Towns

When I think back to the 2006 World Cup on home soil, we came close but nobody really expected us to get very far.…

— Philipp Lahm

It was an amazing feeling to be able to win a World Cup and at home in Australia.

— Steve Smith

We wanted to give back to the fans what they've given us, and that is unbelievable support thoughout the World Cup

— Carla Overbeck

We were thrilled to reach France in 1998 but our failure to make the finals in the U.S.A. in 1994 and South Korea and…

— Ali Daei

You want to come home from a tournament with a winner's medal. That's not the fans or the media putting us under pressure, that's…

— Rio Ferdinand

It was nice to have success in the SheBelieves Cup, but that just brings more pressure.

— Toni Duggan

We were able to dominate the world in the '90s because the World Cup victory completely transformed us and changed our mindset.

— Inzamam-ul-Haq