Quotes About Performance

Sometimes I wear makeup while I play - I did it during the World Cup because the cameras were always on us, but for club, not so much. If I'm wearing it on the field, I try not to apply too much.

The 2017 European Championship was my first major tournament for England, but everyone tells me the World Cup is a different level.

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

What was scaring me was if we lost, I didn't know how I'd play cricket again. This was such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a World Cup final at Lord's.

I'm sure Jofra Archer will be loving heading into his first World Cup. He is in the dressing room as he comes across on the field - laidback and very confident in his ability.

Once you reach the knockout stage of a World Cup, the team that holds its nerves wins.

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

We have to be playing near-perfect football to go and win a World Cup.

I am not thinking about World Cup and all those things. You can't play freely if you start thinking like that.

Ultimately it's your club form that decides whether you play at a World Cup because there aren't many England games throughout the season.

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.

I think every time I'm with the team, even in a World Cup, as a coach, you're constantly evaluating.

I haven't seen many pretty games in a World Cup.

The competition for World Cup places is massive, and you can't just rest on what you've done in the past or anything like that.

Being able to put the ball in the back of the net is so important at the highest level and could be the difference between reaching the semi-finals and actually winning the World Cup.

In a tournament like the World Cup, you have got to be on top of your game every game.

Messi is an extraordinary player, but your squad is pivotal: at a World Cup, the 11 players on the pitch and everyone else in the group can all play an important role.

In 1999, we went into the World Cup with a string of victories behind us but we could not handle the pressure and ended up letting ourselves down.

Before normal games I was always relaxed. But at the World Cup for Italy my heartbeat was always going a lot quicker.

I was hoping for a little more faith in me following my performances after the 2010 World Cup.

When I think back to the 2006 World Cup on home soil, we came close but nobody really expected us to get very far. We simply lost to a better team and Italy went on to win it.

In a World Cup every single game is important; you are not allowed to make mistakes, not allowed to fail. If you want to win, you have to be there every game.

You need superhuman performances at the World Cup.

You always want to see the best players in action at a World Cup, and the players always want to measure themselves up to the very best.