Quotes About Competition

I still can't believe I'm going to a World Cup.

When I was a player, and since then, we have never been so snobbish as to go into a tournament saying, 'We will win this World Cup.' We aren't like that.

It is the dream of all the children of the world to play in the World Cup final.

Football is strange, especially after a World Cup.

World Cup is a big platform.

I have always wanted to play in the World Cup.

It's every cricketer's dream to play in the World Cup.

When I was the coach at Mainz in the Bundesliga, a small club in Germany, we always wanted to play the big teams every two years, right after a major tournament, whether it was a World Cup or European Championships.

Sometimes I wear makeup while I play - I did it during the World Cup because the cameras were always on us, but for club, not so much. If I'm wearing it on the field, I try not to apply too much.

Playing at the Women's World Cup is my long-term goal and, hopefully, I can contribute to winning a medal.

Nobody's going to give you the World Cup; nobody's going to give you an easy game - not Scotland, not Argentina, not Japan, and not whoever we get going forward.

The 2017 European Championship was my first major tournament for England, but everyone tells me the World Cup is a different level.

Whether you're male or female, going to a World Cup is the biggest thing that will ever happen in your life.

Winning is the most important thing at a World Cup.

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

Maybe apart from the World Cup, the Champions League is one of the most important trophies in the world of football.

If you win the Champions League, you become known across the globe, but the World Cup has always thrown up new stars and developments.

I've got injured in one World Cup, been to a Euros and another World Cup, so I've been there, seen it, and had a taste of it.

I played my first World Cup game against South Africa where I scored 97 runs before being run-out by Jonty Rhodes.

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.

The World Cup is a really long tournament, so you have to prepare for whatever.

One of my dreams was to win the World Cup.

Throughout my career, we beat India in many matches, but for some reason, we never managed to get the better of them in World Cup matches, and it remains a disappointment for me.

Obviously, I want to do well in the Champions Trophy, which is like a mini World Cup with all top teams participating.