Cup Quotes
I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.
That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.
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.
People always say it's a shame someone as talented as Ryan Giggs or George Best before him never played in a World Cup or European Championship and I don't want my name to be added to that list.
I would certainly end up forever crying the blues into a coffee cup in a park for old men playing chess or silly games of some sort.
It is an honor to be on the cover of this game because the World Cup is such a big thing around the world. My kids are really quite impressed so that's fun.
I turned 24 in the middle of my first World Cup and it was quite an unbelievable experience. It's really hard for words to do it justice.
I will never forget my first game for England at the World Cup, It was against Turkey... no I mean Tunisia.
I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.
When I was a child, all I wanted was to enter the Austrian team and to compete on the World Cup tour. I had to fight hard to reach this. I wanted badly to win each race.
The crowd is wonderful. There is always a superb atmosphere in the finish area. It's good for the World Cup. I missed it a lot when I had to rest and it's so nice to be back here.
If I remain healthy, I can win more races, but I don't think so much about setting new records. I'm already proud to have become the leading Austrian World Cup racer.
Have a go-to pump up song. Mine is Shakira's 'Waka Waka' from the 2010 World Cup (don't judge). Play it only when you're ready to turn into your most badass self.
Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years.
The World Cup gave me a lot of confidence - just to know that I can play at the highest level and not only complete but play well.
The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.
I've signed a contract with the Dutch national team until 2006. So I can win the World Cup not once but twice.
One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.
The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
After the 2006 World Cup, I knew that you don't always need success, success, success on the pitch.
At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back to Ireland and see all the Irish boys again.
Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it.
Natalie's estate is handled by Global Icons, and they police the world so her picture isn't on a T-shirt or coffee cup unless we approve of it.
It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.
We shall wonder if one day our game is played on another planet? Why not? Then we will have not only a World Cup we will have inter-planetary competitions.
Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot.
One thing is for sure, a World Cup without me is nothing to watch so it is not worthwhile to wait for the World Cup.
It is well documented that I am a lifelong football fan. My love of the British game started with the 1966 World Cup.
We wanted to give back to the fans what they've given us, and that is unbelievable support thoughout the World Cup
We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.
I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far.
I have reasons to believe that I could win the World Cup, but I take it one race at a time.
Argentina is my country, my family, my way of expressing myself. I would trade all of my records for the World Cup trophy.
Winning the World Cup is the proudest moment of my life. ... I couldn't control my tears of joy.
The Indian team does not need any best wishes - they are going to win anyway. I have been close to Sourav Ganguly, and I hope he does well in the World Cup.
At the Cardiff World Cup I really would like to make the final. The favorites are still Peter, Daniele or Vavra, but I will try to do my best in order to be closest as possible to these athletes.
They always lose when it matters (getting it wrong about England in the rugby world cup final 2003).
Success is not winning the World Cup. It may be a goal in your mind but success is having a team that is improving all the time.
Being successful means good results for the national team at first in the regional competitions like the Asian Cup and keeping in mind to go for Gold at a World Cup in the future.
