Quotes About Football

It's something we've all been waiting to see happen to Icelandic football - to actually go to the World Cup.

A World Cup without Argentina and without Messi would be a catastrophe.

When Diego won the World Cup in 1986, perhaps he had the luck that Messi has not had. Diego had very good teammates and things went well.

Playing for Chelsea doesn't compare to the pressure of playing for Brazil because we've won the World Cup five times. It's not only a massive country but football is part of the culture. They always want you to win, so you can never have an off-day.

For me, I think the Champions League is the biggest trophy, but playing for your country in the World Cup... it's hard to choose.

The only ones who would be happy if Messi doesn't go to the World Cup would be Maradona fans because, that way, they can keep saying that he's the best.

This is one thing every coach can take from Menotti. If you win the World Cup, no one can criticize you.

I remember during the 1970 World Cup, the whole country stopped to focus on the matches. I was nine years old. I would sit in front of the radio with my father, and we would listen to the magic of football. It was like the matches were a dramatic story being told to us. It was a kind of art, in my opinion. It was like a painting or a great novel.

With respect to Qatar as a country that wants to grow, you can't have a World Cup in a country that doesn't have football.

For me, the 1982 Brazil squad was the best, although we could not win the World Cup.

The 1966 World Cup was the high point of my career. We may have lost the semi-final, but Portuguese football was a big winner.

Sooner or later, an African team will win the World Cup.

I just don't know why anyone would ever think that women's football is a step down and that coaching World Cup champions, winners, players that have represented their countries in the Olympics or European championships is a step down from anything.

If you look at the world, there's only maybe only Brazil or Argentina that can win a World Cup that aren't in Europe.

When I was growing up, we didn't qualify for the 1982 and 1986 World Cup and the 1984 Euros. And then suddenly we won in 1988. It goes up and down. We are a small country.

Everything I experienced in the national team was amazing. I was there for 14 years and won several titles: the Copa America, Confederations Cup and the World Cup.

The World Cup is the biggest stage for football in general.

The World Cup is the biggest party in football and it's a party for the world, it's incredible. It goes for a month and there is a huge amount of interest. It's the greatest thing you can do and it's beautiful.

My worst moment was in 2006, in Germany, without any doubt! The defeat in the knockout phase of the World Cup 2006 against Portugal.

Xavi has won the Champions League three times, the European Championship twice and the World Cup. He's a real football player, a man who focuses on his football, hard work and training instead of the glamour, and that is why he has stayed at such a high level for so long.

Messi is the best player in the world. If he wins a World Cup, he will be the best player ever.

Everybody wants to be in the World Cup.

Whatever he has achieved in football, Phil Neville has always bounced back from adversity - from giving away a crucial penalty at Euro 2000 to being thrown in the deep end as a pundit at the World Cup in Brazil.

I was a very happy but quite solitary kid. I spent hours playing on my own, mainly with toy soldiers, and played entire World Cup football tournaments in the garden with commentary in my head.