Quotes About Performance

I've got to do everything extra to put myself in the best shape to get in the World Cup squad.

On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.

I had a lot of pressure in my career: when you play at World Cup or Champions League final, there is pressure on your shoulders.

People ask me, 'What were you thinking during that game-winning penalty kick in the 2011 World Cup?' I was actually thinking absolutely nothing. I just walked up there and was so inspired by my teammates who rocked all their PKs; they just killed it. I figured I might as well do the same, or they might have my neck.

I remember watching the Three Tenors at the World Cup in 1990, and it was amazing. They made opera accessible to the man in the street.

To represent a country, qualify for the World Cup, and get a team to perform at the right moment in time would be great honour for me.

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.

Training has always been top level. No matter if it's at a World Cup or not, training's been really good and at a high level.

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

Playing at the World Cup stage excites me.

If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

Which player isn't motivated about playing in the World Cup?

People make up their mind on whether you're a good player over seven games at a World Cup. You're great if you score goals and bad if you don't. I will always believe in myself, and those who doubt me will always continue to do so.

First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully, you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup if possible. Then, obviously, play a good World Cup. That's my dream.

When you are in the World Cup, you must focus on seven matches and not losing any.

The gaffer Gareth Southgate knows I can play with my feet, but he knows the capability I have in goal as well. He has put the faith in me, and I had to repay him in the World Cup, and I think I did.

There is always pressure in all matches in the World Cup. This is when you must go beyond your capacity as a competitor.

Starting in a World Cup is always complicated, hard, and important. When you start well... The rest of the competitors are watching. I think it's the most important match in a World Cup, along with the final.

For Brazil, the World Cup really starts in the knockout rounds.

At the World Cup, it's the very top level. It's going to be tougher.

There are a lot of players that want to go to the World Cup, so you have to be the player that goes out and performs and shows how much you want to go.

This is the World Cup, and you need all the elements in place: a good coach, luck, and a cohesive team unit are fundamental requirements.

Scoring a goal for England is special. Scoring in a World Cup is even more special.

World Cup is a big platform.