World Cup Quotes - Page 4

• The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Winning, Interesting, Atmosphere

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• The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Heart, Germany, World

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• If you don't have that science and technology and brains as an input, as you don't have in large parts of Latin America, if you don't focus your education on that, if you don't find your 10,000 best scientists, but you do find your 10,000 best soccer players, the consequences are, you become a World Cup Champion in Soccer, like Brazil, but you don't become Korea, which earned 1/5 of what a Mexican did in 1975 and today earns five times more.

  Juan Enriquez

  Soccer, Latin, Technology

  Source: bigthink.com

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• The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

  Lorrie Fair

  Games, Skills, World

  "U.S. Women's World Cup Soccer Hero Returns for Senior Year". Interview with Dave Lohse, www.goheels.com. August 12, 1999.

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• I know it is easy to criticise and I accept it is a difficult job managing England but the man in charge must be passionate and realise he owes it to the nation to win the World Cup.

  Dave Whelan

  Jobs, Winning, Men

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• I remember being in buses, hotel lobbies and bars leading up to the 1994 World Cup talking with guys about how great it would be to have a legitimate league of our own, so getting on the plane in Italy to return and be part of the first year of MLS was one of the proudest moments of my life.

  Alexi Lalas

  Life, Talking, Years

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• Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'

  Jehane Noujaim

  Thinking, Events, World

  "15 Questions with Jehane Noujaim". Interview with Synne D. Chapman, www.thecrimson.com. May 14, 2008.

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• The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose one game you're out, even if you're the best.

  Pele

  Games, Cups, Six

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• 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.

  Landon Donovan

  Soccer, Sports, Thinking

  "Q&A: Landon Donovan Is America". Interview with Shawn Donnelly, www.esquire.com. August 02, 2012.

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• I Can't win the World Cup alone

  AB de Villiers

  Winning, World, Cups

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• I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings.

  Hermann Maier

  Goal, World, Cups

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• The World Cup in 2010 is going to be the most inspirational thing ever to hit the streets in South Africa. For the first time, the World Cup won't just be something that is happening on the other side of the world think about the excitement-the biggest players, from all over the world, will be playing football in a stadium just round the corner from home.

  Benni McCarthy

  Football, Home, Player

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• My saddest decision in football was leaving Paul Gascoigne out of the 1998 World Cup finals. But he wasn't fit enough and once that decision is made, as a manager and a group of players, you forget about who isn't there and focus on the job.

  Glenn Hoddle

  Football, Jobs, Player

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• Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.

  Glenn Hoddle

  Mean, Player, Years

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• "Embrace Of The Serpent" has been a big deal for Colombians outside the Amazon. It's been showing continuously there for more than three months. And the Oscar nomination, the film's producer says Colombians are comparing it to having the national team in the World Cup.

  Tom Cole

  Team, Amazon, Three

  "'Serpent' Film Explores, Revives Lost Cultural Knowledge For Colombians". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Tom Cole, www.npr.org. February 21, 2016.

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• While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.

  Michael Owen

  Team, Struggle, Thinking

  "Michael Owen on the English team, Wayne Rooney and the goals record". Interview with Kevin Palmer, www.espn.co.uk. June 12, 2015.

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• I know in college, a player is playing for something every year so it is constantly competitive while in residency although you're playing with the top players in your age, you don't have many competitions other than the U-17 or U-20 World Cups.

  Steve Purdy

  Player, College, Years

  "Profile of a Golden Bear: Steve Purdy". BerkeleySportsBlog.com Interview, www.californiagoldenblogs.com. October 26, 2009.

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

  Mark Viduka

  Country, World, Cups

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It was a huge thrill, to step on a pitch of a championship like the World Cup, is a sensation that... You know, passes everything in your head.

  Neymar

  Steps, Thrill, World

  Source: fzneymar.tumblr.com

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• The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.

  Jonny Wilkinson

  Thinking, Careers, Done

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• [Wayne Rooney] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another.

  Michael Owen

  Impact, World, Cups

  Source: www.espnfc.com

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• Four goals in (16) minutes. Literally I don't even know how that happens especially in a World Cup final.

  Abby Wambach

  Goal, World, Four

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• This is my first FIFA Women's World Cup . For me, to see how I have reacted to this tournament...I'm totally in.

  Alexi Lalas

  Fifa, World, Cups

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• Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.

  Cobi Jones

  Ideas, World, Cups

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• 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.

  Cobi Jones

  Justice, World, Cups

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