Cups Quote by Phil Thompson

In Korea, if a player doesn't play well, you would never criticise him, but in European countries fans criticise their own teams; sometimes they…

— Park Ji-sung

Japanese people, they're not really one to complain.

— Mirai Nagasu

Players around the world seem to play year round. We can't complain, we just have to deal with it.

— Jozy Altidore

In the interest of the fans and the players, we urge FIFA not to increase the number of World Cup participants.

— Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

I'm not like those who moan about having little teams at these competitions - for me that's what the World Cup is all about.

— Marcel Desailly

I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe.

— Hidetoshi Nakata

When I go to Japan, they don't care if you win or lose; they just want to see a good fight.

— Bobby Lashley

I do not have to whine about missing the chance to play in a World Cup.

— Demba Ba

For a top player playing at a top club, the calendar is very demanding. With the new Club World Cup, we won't ever get…

— Dani Carvajal

Japan and Europe seem to have a little more cultural education and so the crowds have been a little more big and enthusiastic, and…

— Terry Bozzio

It's a great honour to make a lot of histories, to be No.1 player in Japan but that never gives me the pressure.

— Kei Nishikori

If you play the same club every week of every month, it's kind of boring. It's great that you can play one night in…

— Tiesto