Quotes About Preparation

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

If you want to win the World Cup, you need to play against the best national teams in the world.

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

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.

It's the World Cup, and everyone wants to be there. No one will be burnt out; everyone will be raring 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.

It is more important for us to get exposed so we can learn from it and build than skate through all these tournaments and never have any issues and then feel it in the World Cup.

World Cup is a big platform.

The World Cup is a really long tournament, so you have to prepare for whatever.

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.

The World Cup is what we've done all them hours for. It's why we give up normal life.

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

I can remember lacing up my boots ahead of my first cap against Japan in the 1995 World Cup in South Africa. I remember the changing room, the smell of the place, every last detail of how I warmed up, walking out onto the pitch, thinking how proud my parents would be. I was doing all I ever wanted to do.

To win the World Cup is not about one player, it is about a squad.

A lot of things have to come together to win a World Cup.

In a World Cup you always intend to compete with the best.

While we play for the club we are focused on usual routine, but when we are with the national team and the new kit is unveiled we feel closer to the World Cup.

It's important that you prepare the players for what happens at a tournament, like a World Cup, for example. You can get a better idea of a situation. They can get to know the conditions, the atmosphere in the country, the stadiums and the journeys involved.

I'm desperate to get to another World Cup and I feel ready for the battle.

I have not compromised in the last seven years on my preparations, be it a small series or a World Cup. I know that there is a World Cup, but I want to go out and play my game.

Obviously, we don't want to go into a World Cup thinking low about the team. We are very positive and had some good practice matches, which should give us confidence.

The World Cup is always difficult, you need to come physically prepared.

Before a marquee tournament like World Cup, a good IPL acts as a confidence booster.