- Nov 07, 2020
World Cup Quotes
The tournament that changes careers and lives.
These quotes capture what the World Cup means to the players who reach it, describing the tournament as life-changing and truly international. Several treat playing in a World Cup as the single Big goal worth chasing.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody is offered a World Cup.
- Lesson
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- Nov 07, 2020
The main lesson I learned from 2015 is that a World Cup doesn't define a player's career.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goal is to play at the World Cup.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I vaguely remember the 1998 World Cup. Michael Owen scored; I remember watching that.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pressures of playing in the World Cup are different, but it was because we coped with them in 1992 under Imran Khan's guidance and influence that we won the Cup.
- Footballer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course I would have liked to have played at the World Cup, but I achieved so much in my career as a footballer that I can't have any complaints.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing a World Cup is spectacular.
- Nov 07, 2020
Winning the Europa League with Atletico Madrid and then reaching a semi-final of the World Cup is great.
- Cup
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- Nov 07, 2020