Quotes About Competition

A World Cup without Argentina and without Messi would be a catastrophe.

I'm desperate to get to another World Cup and I feel ready for the battle.

The World Cup, as an event, carries a lot of pressure, irrespective of the number of caps you have earned, and the pressure doubles when you play at home.

At this level, if you are aiming for the World Cup, because the tournament is so long there will be points where the team may lose a couple of games.

I think whoever wins the World Cup deserves the right to be named the number one-one day team in the world.

The teams that have won the World Cup, I've looked at them as the No. 1 team in the world.

I was lucky enough to win the Intercontinental Cup twice and I know first-hand how important international competitions like the FIFA Club World Cup are to both players and fans.

In a World Cup final the adrenalin is going. Emotion sometimes get the better of me but that is adrenalin and wanting us to do well.

The World Cup is the toughest challenge there is. You have seven matches where you have to bring your best and cannot let up at any turn.

Even before the World Cup in 2010 I had said that there were no world champions who aim to stifle the opposition's play and somehow hope to win. These teams do not go far.

It's a gift to be offered the opportunity to play the World Cup.

The World Cup is always difficult, you need to come physically prepared.

For me, I think the Champions League is the biggest trophy, but playing for your country in the World Cup... it's hard to choose.

To actually play a game, where you are in the World Cup, there is significance to it, the point differential matters, all these things kind of add up.

The only ones who would be happy if Messi doesn't go to the World Cup would be Maradona fans because, that way, they can keep saying that he's the best.

I remember the 2015 World Cup looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that big Hublot sign and that clock and I just think it's a real compliment to the game of cricket.

One-day cricket is about the World Cup and Test cricket is about the Ashes.

The greatest challenge of a World Cup is having mental fortitude. The pressure is immense.

I'd love to see a global competition other than the World Cup.

As a soccer player, that's the greatest dream, to win a World Cup.

The player picked as No 23 in the squad will not win the World Cup for you.

Premier League is one thing. World Cup is totally different.

The goal is to win the World Cup for India but my personal goal is representing India in Tests.

If you look at the world, there's only maybe only Brazil or Argentina that can win a World Cup that aren't in Europe.