Quotes of: World-cup Keyword

I was diagnosed with the illness right before the 1995 World Cup.

Jonah Lomu

Now, they hold the World Cup every year, so it's like any Super Series. It's boring. To me, it's very boring. I think the players will always attend the World Cup. But for the fans, and also for most players, the Olympics and Asian Games will become ...

Taufik Hidayat

Brazil go into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil, it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country. Not just the fans and players, but everybody in Brazil lets us know that they expect it...

Ronaldinho

I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it.

Steven Gerrard

It is an honor to be on the cover of this game because the World Cup is such a big thing around the world. My kids are really quite impressed so that's fun.

Claudio Reyna

The World Cup must remain the number one competition, because it is our only source of money and, with that money, we can develop football in the whole world.

Sepp Blatter

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

Alan Hansen

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

Gabriel Basso

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

Pele

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

Brian O'Driscoll

I have reasons to believe that I could win the World Cup, but I take it one race at a time.

Marcel Hirscher

If you qualify for a World Cup and expect to get an easy group, you are in the wrong sport. It doesn't work like that.

Tim Howard

In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

Alan Hansen

Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it.

Robbie Keane

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

Lorrie Fair

I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.

Michael Phelps

Leading my country out at the World Cup was something I'll never forget.

Mark Viduka

I turned 24 in the middle of my first World Cup and it was quite an unbelievable experience. It's really hard for words to do it justice.

Cobi Jones

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.

Andy Pick

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

Daley Thompson

They knew who I was in Australia in 2006, but not to a great extent. Now, with the momentum of a second World Cup, it has gone crazy.

Timothy F. Cahill