Quotes About Player

Barcelona is the best education possible. Training with Messi is something I will never forget - he was always the last off the pitch and working incredibly hard in the gym. If he is the best player in the world and works so hard, who are we? You can have all the crazy talent but you need to work.

I've always said the World Cup is a dream for any player.

I was over the moon after bowling Chris Lewis and I was a little nervous about the hat-trick. You know it is a dream come true for any player to perform in the finals of a world cup.

The World Cup is definitely a good place to show that when you're at Tottenham, you can be a top player.

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.

The main lesson I learned from 2015 is that a World Cup doesn't define a player's career.

A World Cup in Brazil has to be a career highlight for any player. Everyone wants to be there.

I'm the only player in history to have played in three consecutive World Cup finals.

Of course Neymar is someone that is very important, not only for Brazilian football but for the world of football, and it will be amazing to see him playing in a World Cup and showing all of his skills.

Every player would love to play a tournament like the World Cup at home.

If I'd still been in one piece from the World Cup and gone through my career, what type of player would I have been? No doubt about it, if I hadn't had as many injuries I would have been the all-time leading scorer for England.

As a rugby player, you strive to be an All Black, win a World Cup, and win a Super Rugby title.

Messi is a god, as a person and even more as a player. I hope that he wins the World Cup with Argentina.

It's my biggest dream as a soccer player: I always wanted to play in the World Cup.

Which player isn't motivated about playing in the 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.

Ravindra Jadeja should not be in the World Cup team.

I'm proud of my long career but playing in the World Cup is something special for any player. There is no limit to my ambition and I have always been determined to achieve that objective.

I joined a big club like Monaco and it was extraordinary for my growth as a player. That gave me the chance to break into the national squad, win the 1998 World Cup, the EURO in 2000, and make the leap to Italian football.

It is the dream of every player. Imagine winning the World Cup in your own country. It would be the happiest day of my career.

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

I will not summon any new player for the Saudi Arabia match in the 2010 World Cup qualification.

Xavi has won the Champions League three times, the European Championship twice and the World Cup. He's a real football player, a man who focuses on his football, hard work and training instead of the glamour, and that is why he has stayed at such a high level for so long.

Messi is the best player in the world. If he wins a World Cup, he will be the best player ever.