Quotes About Glory

People view you differently when you're a world champion.

I was K-1 world champion.

I was 25 years old, a world champion.

When we left Mumbai to play in the World Cup there were hardly any journalists to see us off. But when we returned to India on July 25 having made the final, there were close to a hundred journalists at 2.30 in the morning. It was totally new.

I would change all my individual trophies for that trophy of World Cup champion.

When you win the World Cup, you start to become a legend - for the people around the world, you are different.

The dream of every footballer and why we train and work is to reach the top, and a World Cup is the top.

It's the best thing that can happen to a player. Being able to play at the World Cup is already the best, but then to raise the trophy to the sky is a dream.

It's what every kid dreams of: winning a World Cup for your country. There's nothing that will ever, ever beat that or even compare to it.

Not many players played in a World Cup and Champions League final.

I want to win the Euros. And the World Cup and the Champions League.

Sometimes I forget, then suddenly I find myself thinking, 'God - I won the World Cup, didn't I?'

I would not swap the World Cup title for any accolade. But I could imagine that quite a few would swap every accolade for a World Cup title.

To play in the World Cup and try to win something for England was the ultimate.

It's special when you win the World Cup, the league, everything.

A win's a win in a World Cup.

You win the World Cup, you're just flying.

It has always been a dream to win either the Olympic gold medal or the World Cup.

Without a doubt, winning the World Cup is the highest prize in football. It's the peak - the maximum that you can reach.

For any cricketer, the ultimate dream is to be a World Cup champion. My dream is to win the World Cup for India.

I have a trophy room in my home and at the center is the replica of the World Cup.

For sure, 2010 was the best year I've ever had. It couldn't have gone any better for me. Even if I just won the Olympic gold medal, that would have made it the best year of my career and the best day of my life, period. Winning the World Cup races and the overall title just topped it off.

Winning the World Cup is definitely the highlight of my career. I thought the gold medal at the Olympics would peak it, but winning the World Cup, the reception... it's what we all dreamed of when we were little.

This is the whole reason you play: to win your country a World Cup!