Quotes About Competition

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

The World Cup is a tournament that practically does not allow errors, especially in the final.

I want to win the Euros. And the World Cup and the Champions League.

It was very painful to be so close to a World Cup final.

We arrived at the 2002 World Cup with two titles, very calm, well organised, maybe missing a bit of concentration. But the only truth is on the pitch. The dangers are there.

I've scored many goals that I've liked, but I think the best memory I have is the one against Korea in the 2010 World Cup.

I would not swap the World Cup title for any accolade. But I could imagine that quite a few would swap every accolade for a World Cup title.

I'm a forward, and I dream of a goal in the World Cup, pushing it, kicking it from outside the box, wherever. I dream of scoring at a World Cup.

A World Cup without Argentina isn't good.

Penalty shoot-outs are the most high-pressure situation that a goalkeeper will face, and in a World Cup, it's even worse because the stakes are so high.

I'm the only player in history to have played in three consecutive World Cup finals.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

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

One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.

It is a big achievement to win a medal at the World Cup. Winning a medal is like doing well at Wimbledon, in tennis. It is one of the biggest shooting competitions in the world.

At the World Cup, everyone has to face up and beat everyone.

To play in the World Cup and try to win something for England was the ultimate.

The hunger doesn't diminish when you win something. If you have the chance to win the European and Spanish Super Cups and the Club World Cup, that makes you want to win even more.

If you're not going to the World Cup expecting to win, then you probably shouldn't go.

It's always something that's played on my mind, being an Olympian, so hopefully we get there and do the job at the World Cup.

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

It cannot be a coincidence that a European team couldn't win a World Cup held in South America.

A win's a win in a World Cup.

Players say going to a World Cup, it's one of the best parts of their career, and I can't wait.