World Cup Quotes
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The beauty of the World Cup is that while thirty-two countries get to cheer for their respective teams, the event also affirms a global pluralism - it is as much a festival of cultural multiplicity as it is a competition featuring some of the best athletes in the world.
Clint Smith -
For sure, 2010 was the best year I've ever had. It couldn't have gone any better for me. Even if I just won the Olympic gold medal, that would have made it the best year of my career and the best day of my life, period. Winning the World Cup races and the overall title just topped it off.
Lindsey Vonn
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If you can beat New Zealand, then you're probably going to win the World Cup.
Brian O'Driscoll -
I'm a forward, and I dream of a goal in the World Cup, pushing it, kicking it from outside the box, wherever. I dream of scoring at a World Cup.
Paulo Dybala -
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.
Lamar Hunt -
I've been really impressed with the way he has come back from the Under 21 World Cup and taken his form into club rugby.
Eddie Charles Jones -
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.
Alessandro Del Piero -
You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.
Brian O'Driscoll
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I dreamt of playing at the World Cup one day, but I never dreamt of playing for Australia. So it's a massive honour to be here and to be part of this team and to represent this country. So for the kids back in Fiji, if they dream big, there are no limits to what they can achieve.
Henry Speight -
Being a competitor, you always believe you can come back. I'll be up at 3 in the morning watching World Cup races in my hotel whether I'm in Asia on a business trip or in New York City and have to get up in 2 hours.
Apolo Ohno -
When you think about these single distances championships and these World Cup races, people can make a career out of skating one or two distances.
Eric Heiden -
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.
Art Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel -
After the 2006 World Cup, I knew that you don't always need success, success, success on the pitch.
Oliver Kahn -
Im looking forward to the World Cup because I believe Wayne Rooney could be one of the major finds in world football.
Bobby Charlton
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Perhaps we will still be using this policy for the World Cup. That would be a new concept.
Oliver Kahn -
Nobody is offered a World Cup.
Abby Wambach -
In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.
Alan Hansen -
With this offer from the Far East I most likely would have had to renounce the World Cup. This was too high a price to pay.
Oliver Kahn -
Every World Cup I want to try and win, and my 30th World Cup win was a big goal. And it's a good feeling to go into the world championships with a good result.
Nino Schurter -
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!
Alan Hansen
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I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.
Brian O'Driscoll -
When I get on the World Cup tour, I'm kind of disconnected from the world. I just kind of get wrapped up in my world and wrapped up in trying to ski fast every day, and I forget about everything else.
Lindsey Vonn -
The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.
Alan Hansen -
I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.
Alan Hansen