Quotes About Commitment

Every league game is like the World Cup. The passion... intense, the desire for points.

I thought it was really important for my son to come to a World Cup with my missus, who has been there for me from day one and supported me.

I know I played for England at a World Cup with millions and millions of people watching, but I still stick to my same routine - I train, then go home to see my wife and little boy.

Whatever opportunities I got after the Under-19 World Cup, I tried to make most of it and do my best for the team.

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.

I always say I'll rest when I die - that's my motto. I just hope I don't die before the World Cup!

Football is my priority. It's a short career, and you have to make the most of it, which is why making the World Cup squad is such a big deal and something I will never take for granted.

When we won the 2009 World Cup in Australia, we flew economy, shared hotel rooms and had a 10:45 P.M. curfew.

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

Playing at the World Cup is something that I am really hungry for.

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.

For me, I want to win the World Cup. If that's not the goal then I don't think you should be playing.

After World Cup 2010 in South Africa I will no longer play for la Nazionale.

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.

You don't pay for winning like that - whether it's the World Cup, whether it's the Brazilian national team. Paying the price with someone's health or rushing someone's recovery, we don't do that.

The message to all Brazilians is that talent alone does not win the World Cup, it's about working hard.

In 2014, we won the World Cup without a big superstar. We won with a team performance where everyone brought something to the team and gave everything for the team.

Honestly, during the 2018 World Cup itself, I was saying T20 World Cup was going to be my last.

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

You know if you go far in the World Cup you are away for almost two months and I think it's against human nature, not to have families there.

I remember anchoring the World Cup 2011 show when I was seven months pregnant! So, I don't think that my connect with cricket will ever end.

If you see cricket, the IPL is going on and then there is the World Cup. If cricketers can play two tournaments back-to-back, then why can't players from other sports?

We had a 'Project Joey' scheme worked out in which I would take correspondence courses while acting in Hollywood. Then when I flew home, teachers would come on their own time and help me hone up in world history, psychology, English literature and French. We gave it a noble try, and I hope some day to complete the project.