World Cup Quotes

World Cup Quote of the day

I prefer that Argentina wins the World Cup. Messi deserves it for all he has done in football. He's my friend, I wish him the best

I think Neuer changed the game of goalkeeping in the World Cup.

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.

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.

When I die, the last thing I want to see is the six that Dhoni hit in the 2011 World Cup final.

In recent times Italy have been in a World Cup final every 12 years and I hope to still be there in 2018.

It is very unlikely that [Lasith Malinga] would be able to play in the World Cup

Everybody in Argentina can remember the hand of God in the England match in the 1986 World Cup. Now, in my country, the hand of God has brought us an Argentinian pope.

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.

I Can't win the World Cup alone

I played under many Captains, but Dhoni is the one, who fulfilled my Dream of winning World Cup

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

A World Cup without Zlatan is not worth watching.

If a team lives up to its role as favorite, it will have earned the World Cup. By the way, Adidas grew by about 30 percent in Brazil even without sponsoring the national team.

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

You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.

Before dying, my last wish will be to see MS Dhoni's World Cup Winning Six.

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.

You can go to the end of time, the last World Cup in the history of mankind, and the All-Blacks will be favourites for it.

I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World Cup winning runs.

You've got to believe you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.

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

It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant.

The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful.

Messi on the World Cup 2014? He showed why he is the best player in the world. It was a pleasure to see him play.

I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe I was good enough to be here and hopefully I can perform well for my club and try and get to the World Cup.

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.

In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.

The World Cup is a truly international event.

You can find tea in a tea cup.. but cannot find world in a world cup.

Sourav's calm and assured presence sets him apart. His captaincy is of a high order but he bats sensibly and reads situations well. I hope Sourav too becomes a World Cup wining captain.

Winning the World Cup was the worst thing that ever happened to the England team.

He's got great credentials by winning the World Cup, but he did it with Brazil - my granny could probably have managed Brazil to World Cup success.

Victoria Beckham looks like she has a dump once every four years. That's probably how David knows that there's a World Cup coming up.

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

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.

If Belgium win the World Cup, I will cut my hair.

My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.

England did nothing in that World Cup, so why were they bringing books out? 'We got beat in the quarter-finals. I played like s**t. Here's my book.'

If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup.

I'm not prepared to make any comments on the World Cup in Qatar in 1922.

After an All-Blacks surprise loss to the French in the 1999 Rugby World Cup: “The French are predictably unpredictable.

I wish everyone a wonderful World Cup, played in a spirit of true fraternity.

I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.

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.

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.

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

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.