Quotes About Celebration

When we left Mumbai to play in the World Cup there were hardly any journalists to see us off. But when we returned to India on July 25 having made the final, there were close to a hundred journalists at 2.30 in the morning. It was totally new.

When there is a World Cup the world stops, the country stops, everyone is hugging each other, whether old or young, everyone stops just to enjoy the football.

When you win the World Cup, you start to become a legend - for the people around the world, you are different.

There is always something new. But to be honest, if I was to score a goal in a World Cup, I don't know what I would do.

It's the best thing that can happen to a player. Being able to play at the World Cup is already the best, but then to raise the trophy to the sky is a dream.

You meet somebody on a bus or something, and they say, 'Thank you for the World Cup; it was so good to see,' and stuff like this - it's funny.

During the 2011 World Cup, I was sitting at the Wankhede Stadium when India won.

I was 15 when I won the World Cup Guarana Antarctica in 2004. It was a very special moment.

The World Cup is a truly International event.

When you have lived through something as magical as the 2014 World Cup final, you want to relive that experience as many times as possible.

I've scored many goals that I've liked, but I think the best memory I have is the one against Korea in the 2010 World Cup.

Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.

When a World Cup is held in France, it's such an incredible even.

You win the World Cup, you're just flying.

Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many.

Without a doubt, winning the World Cup is the highest prize in football. It's the peak - the maximum that you can reach.

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

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.

We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.

There's nothing quite like a World Cup.

The shot of Kapil Dev kissing the World Cup and hordes of Indian fans all over at Lord's is etched in my memory. Every Indian is proud of that victory, and every Indian player who has played the World Cup after that '83 win wants to bring the Cup home.

I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.

I'm delighted when Scotland qualify either for the World Cup or the European Championship. I always take a vested interest in Scotland's result, and it creates the opportunity for a drink in our house when they do well.

I remember watching the Three Tenors at the World Cup in 1990, and it was amazing. They made opera accessible to the man in the street.