Quotes About Competition

There is always pressure in all matches in the World Cup. This is when you must go beyond your capacity as a competitor.

I vaguely remember the 1998 World Cup. Michael Owen scored; I remember watching that.

Starting in a World Cup is always complicated, hard, and important. When you start well... The rest of the competitors are watching. I think it's the most important match in a World Cup, along with the final.

Playing a World Cup is spectacular.

In the World Cup finals, you're unlikely to meet a continental rival. In Copa America, you know they are just around the corner and that you will have to beat them to win the competition.

World Cup is the most important title I have won. There is no doubt about that.

For Brazil, the World Cup really starts in the knockout rounds.

At the World Cup, it's the very top level. It's going to be tougher.

It's still my ambition to be at the top level and be playing for England - especially, like, a competition like the World Cup.

My first goal is the World Cup, and then my second goal is to win the Asian Cup.

It would be spectacular if I could be the top scorer and win the World Cup with Argentina.

The World Cup ball is very fast, and you need to think very quickly, when to punch and when to catch.

I have won the Champions League, won the FIFA Club World Cup, the FA Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the Spanish league twice, nine trophies, all the trophies you can win at club level.

I remember how I, too, was part of the Azlan Shah tournament for the first time in 2005. After that, I went to the Junior World Cup. I remember how much I benefited from the exposure.

Every player wants to be part of the World Cup.

Winning the Europa League with Atletico Madrid and then reaching a semi-final of the World Cup is great.

I'd love to feature for the Barbarians. I'd love to win a Champions Cup, and I'd love to get to another World Cup and make a fist of it: get to a World Cup final at least and see what could have been, particularly after 2011 when Wales reached the semi-finals.

There are a lot of players that want to go to the World Cup, so you have to be the player that goes out and performs and shows how much you want to go.

For everyone, the World Cup is important. It doesn't matter if you are 21, going for your first one, or 35 and going for your third one. It's the biggest stage you can play on, and every opportunity to experience it is something special.

In any football I have played in - and I have played in League One and as an international at the World Cup - the bare minimum is running around and showing the desire for the shirt. Then, the higher you go up the leagues, your football takes control of that.

In the World Cup, you can only play who you are drawn against.

It's the World Cup, and everyone wants to be there. No one will be burnt out; everyone will be raring to go.

In a World Cup, the girls at Lyon are probably the ones that are going to change the games, and I know them inside out.

Scoring a goal for England is special. Scoring in a World Cup is even more special.