Quotes About Determination

I wanted to score the winning goal in the 90th minute of the World Cup final.

You don't want to turn up like a Nepal or an Ireland where the entire world thinks that you're not going to win. You rather turn up like an India or an Australia or an England where everybody says this team is going to win the World Cup.

One of my dreams was to win the World Cup.

Once you reach the knockout stage of a World Cup, the team that holds its nerves wins.

I'm proud of my long career but playing in the World Cup is something special for any player. There is no limit to my ambition and I have always been determined to achieve that objective.

World Cup 2003 was the worst phase in my career, but that is now behind me, and I am doing all-out efforts to get my place in the team back and further my career.

Playing at the World Cup is something that I am really hungry for.

In a tournament like the World Cup, you have got to be on top of your game every game.

I have a clear goal: the greatest possible success, the World Cup trophy.

Winning the World Cup is what we have to do with Brazil. Every day that is what is in my head.

For me, I want to win the World Cup. If that's not the goal then I don't think you should be playing.

Coming out of the Ashes in 2013-14 and the World Cup in 2015 I realised how much I wanted to be a force in international cricket.

I'm desperate to get to another World Cup and I feel ready for the battle.

It was a dream to play the World Cup and I will play for sure in the future.

I missed out on the World Cup twice and it did not kill me.

The World Cup is the toughest challenge there is. You have seven matches where you have to bring your best and cannot let up at any turn.

I used to think, 'Everything's okay, or will be. I'll go on with this stance.' But after the World Cup, I was open to everything: if someone suggested a change in my technique I felt could work for me, I was willing to give it a try.

The greatest challenge of a World Cup is having mental fortitude. The pressure is immense.

It's a World Cup, there's no easy games in this tournament.

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

Of course I want to get into the England World Cup team, especially having been so close, but I'm not going to be concentrating on it or let it be at the front of my mind.

The most important thing is winning, not breaking the world record.

There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.