Quotes About Competition

To be the best in a tournament like the World Cup is a success for me personally.

In order to make history, you have to win the World Cup. It's not good enough just to reach a final.

The Premier League and the World Cup are equally important to me.

I won't win a World Cup, and I won't win the Olympics, but I'm sure I can compete with the best, and that's what I want to show.

The World Cup is the World Cup, and I'm sad I won't play in it; that's my only regret. But to play a friendly with my national team, I did it many times, so it's not something I'm missing.

I've won an Olympic title and an U-20 World Cup, but it'd be really special to round things off with a Copa title with the seniors.

I want to go to the World Cup and enjoy it.

It's every kid's dream to represent their country at a World Cup.

Messi is always compared to Maradona, but he needs to win the World Cup because if you don't win the World Cup, you can't be up there with the very best.

Obviously, the World Cup is nice and the Euros is really nice as well, but I have always dreamed of the Champions League.

Which player isn't motivated about playing in the World Cup?

I experienced great sadness with our elimination from the 1990 World Cup, with many penalties. I still have that feeling of injustice in me.

I love watching the game, and I loved watching the World Cup.

The World Cup is as big as it gets.

The World Cup was the biggest thing ever for the national team, but the Champions League is the biggest thing for clubs.

I never think I want to go to another World Cup just to be in the record books again and play in six tournaments or four World Cups. If I am lucky enough to go, I want to go there to fight for my place and win something in an England shirt.

I want to win the World Cup. I want to be the world's number one.

Every league game is like the World Cup. The passion... intense, the desire for points.

To be able to earn what Cristiano earns, I would have had to have been the best player at the World Cup or won the Ballon d'Or.

Everybody had heard the rumours that Real wanted to sign James Rodriguez after the World Cup, and I knew that they were going to sell me to make room for him.

When you are in the World Cup, you must focus on seven matches and not losing any.

I don't think one player can ever win a World Cup.

Every World Cup I want to try and win, and my 30th World Cup win was a big goal. And it's a good feeling to go into the world championships with a good result.

Winning the title in my first season at City was a dream come true, but the downside was not being selected for Spain's World Cup squad.