World Cup Quotes

• You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.

  Lionel Messi

  Football, World, Cups

  "Messi reveals close ties with Maradona". Interview, www.cnn.com. May 28, 2010.

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• 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.

  Pele

  Inspirational, Player, Important

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• The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying.

  Pele

  Soccer, Father, Party

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• Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

  Serge Schmemann

  Soccer, Sports, Passion

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• Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Finals, World, Want

  "Gerrard Sounds Clarion Call". www.theguardian.com. October 05, 2005.

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• I scored in a World Cup and I want that buzz again.

  Jermain Defoe

  World, Want, Buzz

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• The World Cup was a huge frustration because I had prepared really hard for it. But in the World Cup there is no formula, no recipe for success.

  Kaka

  Frustration, World, Recipes

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• 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.

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  Waiting, Cups, Watches

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• There's more chance of me flying Concorde to the moon blindfolded than there is of you taking Wales to the World Cup.

  Robbie Savage

  Soccer, Football, Moon

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• Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.

  Graham Taylor

  World, Cups, England

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• You know as a player that you won’t have many opportunities to play in World Cups - so you have to take them when you can.

  Lionel Messi

  Opportunity, Player, World

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• It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Sports, Games, Different

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• I don’t feel pressure. I don’t give a toss about it. I spent the afternoon of Sunday, July 9, 2006 in Berlin sleeping and playing the PlayStation. In the evening, I went out and won the World Cup.

  Andrea Pirlo

  Sleep, Sunday, July

  "I Think Therefore I Play". Book by Andrea Pirlo and Alessandro Alciato, April 15, 2014.

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• There's nothing quite like a World Cup.

  Michael Owen

  World, Cups

  "Michael Owen the England cheerleader entertains thoughts of management" by Louise Taylor, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2010.

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• I love football, but I'm sick of the World Cup. I don't even care about England.

  Elton John

  Football, Sick, World

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• I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not.

  Ronaldo

  Soccer, Sex, Years

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• I will never forget my first game for England at the World Cup, It was against Turkey... no I mean Tunisia.

  David Seaman

  Mean, Turkeys, Games

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• This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history.

  John Helm

  Football, Cups, Firsts

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• That goal [in the 1998 World Cup] changed me-not as a person, but as a player. People have looked at me differently ever since. It gave me confidence and now I feel I can achieve anything.

  David Beckham

  Player, People, Goal

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• If a FIFA World Cup tournament had been held every year between 1982 and 1986, France would have won two or three.

  Michel Patini

  Years, Two, Fifa

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• Im looking forward to the World Cup because I believe Wayne Rooney could be one of the major finds in world football.

  Bobby Charlton

  Football, Believe, World

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• In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

  Alan Hansen

  Winning, Defense, Brazil

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• I've signed a contract with the Dutch national team until 2006. So I can win the World Cup not once but twice.

  Louis van Gaal

  Team, Winning, World

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• The adidas +Challenge is a really cool opportunity for kids here in Los Angeles and across the country to get excited for the FIFA World Cup this summer. As a big fan of soccer, Im looking forward to seeing the 32 youth teams compete for the title of Team USA and represent our country at the global finals in Berlin.

  Luke Wilson

  Summer, Soccer, Country

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• I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.

  Michael Phelps

  World, Want, Cups

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