Quotes About Competition

There are a lot of great players that never got a chance to play for a national championship. And I got a chance to play for two.

Honestly, the Carolina games I played in every year were more intense than the national championship games I played in - they had a better environment.

I only won one national championship.

Not everyone makes it to the national championship.

Well, I think any national championship is an extremely important championship to play in.

We are a global sport. I mean, golf is obviously played all around the world. But when you have your National Championship, of course, everybody in America is rooting for an American.

Our national identity is so interwoven with football.

Getting to the national team is very complicated.

For Brazil or any other national team in the world, to play Uruguay is a commitment and a very tough match.

There's always competition in the national team.

Of course, for the national team it is good to have Mesut Ozil in good form.

When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.

Everyone wants to be in the national team so I will have to give it my best.

Being called up to the national team is about going with them, playing the best you possibly can, and trying to win. That's how I understand it.

I don't put any extra pressure on myself for national team games.

It's not always easy to come to the national team and be on the bench.

I played with the youth national team, I played in some CONCACAF games, and it's always physical; it's always intense.

I'm always trying to win my place back in the national team.

Every player wants to be there in the national team.

You go around the world, and you say, 'I'm the top scorer for the Argentina national team.' I liked that.

I want to play in Europe, as the national team is important for me.

When we are with the national team we are playing against much better players.

I have always fought to play for great clubs and to play for the Brazilian national team.

I think it would be pretty cool, whether it would be basketball or baseball, playing for a national team.