Quotes About Nationality

Like my fellow citizens in Hawaii, I am a proud American.

I feel British but my dad still has a filthy Scottish accent so I'm hearing that a lot... but the Davis Cup did help my exposure and my experience, so it was great for me.

I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I would move to New York in a heartbeat.

The thing about Canadian women is that they seem less likely to bring up that they're Canadian. You here less about Canadian actresses than actors, I don't know why.

I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.

There's something about my Mexican-American heritage... I'm proud of it.

My parents are from Scotland and my sister and brother were both born in Scotland so my heritage is from there.

Sure, I've listed myself as Cuban-American. That's my heritage and my background.

In Ecuador, if I go after an Ecuadoran, I'm in trouble; if I go after a Costa Rican, I'm a hero.

You always want to test yourself at a high level, and I would be proud to represent Great Britain.

If Barack Obama weren't a U.S. citizen, I'm sure Bill and Hillary Clinton would have figured that out by now.

Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.

I am proud to be Italian because I was born in Italy, I grew up in Italy, I went to school in Italy and I have worked in Italy. I'm Italian.

I was lucky to find a way to get a visa as an independent worker, which is hard to do. On top of that, I do live in the States, which means I'm not 'taking my skills back to Canada.'

When I come to the airport, they always send me with all the other Israeli Arabs to the foreign workers' line. I don't mind. I feel like I belong more with all the people from abroad and the foreign workers than in the Israelis' line.

The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.

If Messi were Brazilian, he would be a world champion.

To win the World Cup in our colours was beyond my dreams and something I will never, ever forget.

The World Cup is a truly International event.

To play in the World Cup and try to win something for England was the ultimate.

As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.

While I am most at home in London, I cannot really label myself as either British or Trinidadian. I write in the English language and live in the U.K. I find it hard to say that I am an entirely British writer, especially when I supported Trinidad in the 2006 World Cup and also support the West Indies cricket team.

I am Brazilian, and that is not going to change, but I want to win the World Cup with Spain.

I want to continue to win things, hopefully something with England, and if I can score the winning goal at the World Cup, then maybe they will like me again.