Quotes About Challenge

I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it.

There is always something new. But to be honest, if I was to score a goal in a World Cup, I don't know what I would do.

Cameroon can win the World Cup. People think I am crazy when I say this, but if you believe you have the best team in the world, you are stronger.

It was very difficult to succeed Bert van Marwijk because, two years before, he was second in the World Cup, and then he left a broken-up team behind - so that was much more difficult than you think.

There is nothing nicer than playing in a World Cup against France, England, or Spain. There is nothing nicer than instead of playing a friendly, you can play a game where, if you win, you can make history.

I didn't start out wanting to be a defender. Who would want to be in the back-line after having watched striker Paolo Rossi score six goals in the 1982 World Cup?

The beginning of the World Cup is always a bit tough.

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

Nobody is offered a World Cup.

I was diagnosed with the illness right before the 1995 World Cup.

In a World Cup you don't have anywhere to hide.

You can't win the World Cup without playing the big boys.

The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem.

I'm not trying to race the whole men's tour; I just want to race one time. If you know me, which most people on the World Cup do, they know that this is a legitimate goal of mine and not a publicity stunt.

It's got to be harder in real life to win a World Cup. But depending on if you play World Class level on FIFA, it's going to be difficult to win in the video game, too.

If you qualify for a World Cup and expect to get an easy group, you are in the wrong sport. It doesn't work like that.

Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - but there's a thing called adrenaline that gets you through.

Any game in the World Cup is a tough game. The atmosphere brings a lot out of both teams.

It is a great opportunity and a great challenge to be a part of Indian team for the World Cup.

I have been playing professionally since I was 18 at right-back. To get to your first World Cup and probably not playing in your preferred position, where you want to showcase your talent, is not disappointing, but it is like, 'OK, it is a little bit of a step back.'

I won the quadruple at 18 with Arsenal, so I didn't really know what I was chasing after the World Cup, and I was a bit lost, so I didn't know whether to just be content at home and just play my football or go for another challenge.

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

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

In the 2015 World Cup, there was a drastic change in the move towards higher scores. Scores moved from 300 to 330 on average and that meant you had to change everyone's default mode.