Quotes About Passion

I really got into the cricket and staying up late watching the World Cup.

Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many.

In a year without the World Cup, the national leagues and the Champions League have much more weight.

It might sound very cocky or naive of me, or self-centered, but I want to win a World Cup for my country.

Winning the World Cup was a dream come true after so many years of wanting something so bad. After that final whistle, I dropped to the ground on my knees and got emotional.

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.

After all these years, I'm finally into soccer. The World Cup is on, and my band is an international group - they're all around me, cheering in the hotel bars.

We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.

There's nothing quite like a World Cup.

Being a competitor, you always believe you can come back. I'll be up at 3 in the morning watching World Cup races in my hotel whether I'm in Asia on a business trip or in New York City and have to get up in 2 hours.

Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black and white Alan Balls. It was 1970, four years after the World Cup, and I scored three goals at school.

You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.

I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.

I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World Cup winning runs.

When I got dropped for the World Cup, there were times I didn't want to play anymore. I didn't want to practise. I couldn't motivate myself. Then I said, 'Look what are the options?' Cricket is the only option. Whether I play happily or sadly, it's still all I have. There are not a lot of things I am good at.

The World Cup has been life-changing, for many reasons.

I have always loved the big stage and would often tell my friends while growing up that I'd want to help India win the World Cup one day.

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

The reason why the entire world sits up and watches World Cup football is the intensity of involvement with which people are playing a game: just kicking a ball around, but with such skill and involvement that it is like the last thing they are going to do in their life.

The Premier League and the World Cup are equally important to me.

A World Cup would only be a true experience if I were wearing the Brazilian shirt. Otherwise, it would just be like playing for a club.

I know that nobody will be satisfied with anything less than coming home with the World Cup.

I love watching the game, and I loved watching the World Cup.