Quotes About Soccer

A win's a win in a World Cup.

Players say going to a World Cup, it's one of the best parts of their career, and I can't wait.

It is a childhood dream to be in the World Cup.

I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.

Every game at the World Cup is like a final.

Of course Neymar is someone that is very important, not only for Brazilian football but for the world of football, and it will be amazing to see him playing in a World Cup and showing all of his skills.

I'm proud to have played 14 matches at the World Cup with the number ten shirt and to have scored eight goals.

The World Cup could be a jumping point for many players to change everything.

Ronaldinho is a phenomenon, and so is Cafu! I am twice World champion and led Brazil to a World Cup triumph in 2002.

In a year without the World Cup, the national leagues and the Champions League have much more weight.

I had my father on the Under-21 team and during the World Cup in France in 1998 - and also in AC Milan for four months. So it was a weird experience, because having your father as a coach is pretty weird, and I was the captain. But he was great.

I wanted to finish at the top of the game and on my own terms. I thought it was the perfect time at the World Cup and to go out at Chelsea. Chelsea and England were immense in how they have supported me in that transition.

I have played the World Cup qualifiers on the left wing, and that position suits me fine.

As a kid growing up in the back streets of Dublin I used to pretend I was playing in the World Cup with my mates out on the streets, and now I will be doing it for real.

England is a team that is used to playing in World Cup finals.

I played in the 2015 World Cup. I scored in two games; we got to the semi-finals and eventually ended up getting the bronze medal. That was a big turning point in my career, personally, and for English women's football, too.

My goal is to play at the World Cup.

I have a trophy room in my home and at the center is the replica of the World Cup.

After all these years, I'm finally into soccer. The World Cup is on, and my band is an international group - they're all around me, cheering in the hotel bars.

Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.

Here at Carolina, our World Cup opponents marked their calendars. Obviously the other nations wanted to win every game, but a big upset over the U.S. was something we knew other teams would cherish.

Leading my country out at the World Cup was something I'll never forget.

I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California.

My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it.