Quotes About Goals

My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.

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.

I don't personally think of myself as an icon, but it's definitely an incredible thing. Scoring 16 goals at the World Cup is something you only usually dream about.

My first goal is the World Cup, and then my second goal is to win the Asian Cup.

I want to be the world's number one one-day player; I want to win a World Cup, win the championship with Lancashire - those are my motivations.

I dreamt of playing in front of thousands of people as a kid, but I dreamt of playing in World Cup finals as well.

This is in the plan which I have for my career and my life, to one day win the Champions League and the World Cup.

I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all.

I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.

But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.

For me, I've not really focused on a world record. I'm just trying to put a complete race together, and when I do that, then fast times will come.

I don't want to play till I'm 40.

The original idea before Mint was a life and goal planning system I called Carpe Viva. The idea was that all of life's goals, from buying a house, getting an MBA, or learning Spanish could be quantified in both time and money.

If you give time and space to players, they will make good decisions and score goals.

I have goals and ambitions, and I see myself as a lifelong baseball student. I have certain philosophies that I'd like to test at some point at the big league level. The job of manager appeals to me, a coach appeals to me, at a different time frame.

The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.

I have never played a game for the national title. Our goals always have been to win the Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl. If we do that, then we consider it a successful season.

If I have no goals, I would retire now. I still have many: to win another league title, to win the Champions League, to win the Copa del Rey. To win the European Championships again.

My debut was in a final. I was not nervous. I scored a goal, and I won my first title. In all my debuts, I've always been able to score goals, and I have come to Madrid to stay and score many goals.

It's a personal challenge for me, to give the best of myself, to win titles, to score goals for my team, and to help when needed.

I want to win titles like Delray and even bigger.

During my time at Juve, I didn't score more than 20 goals a year, but I won every title except the Champions League. I've scored 15 or 16 goals, and I've lifted titles, and other strikers have scored 35 and haven't won anything.

Looking at everything I've done in my career as a footballer, at all the titles, I believe that what's hugely important is motivation.

I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.