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.
I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that.
I think you have to go and fill your cup and do so diversely; otherwise, then you burn out.
I would love to win the Champions League once again. Winning big trophies like the Champions League or the World Cup is usually making people think, ‘The players are not hungry any more.’ Still, that’s not what I feel.
After a Saturday game, we’re in on a Sunday to cool down and make sure we’re fully back at it again. But it doesn’t really affect things too much. It’s basically like you’ve had a game on the Saturday, and then you’re in the cup on a Tuesday.
My first-night jitters are so bad, I can’t even hold a tea cup, but once I am over that, I get really into it.
Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I’d rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.
Be honest: if your pitch is 90 minutes and you only have 60 set aside for a business lunch or a cup of coffee, there is no way that you can give an honest representation of your company or products. You’re lying to yourself and wasting your own time as well as that of your prospect or partner.
I was an attacking full-back but was told by Hope Powell to just sit back when we played U.S.A. in the 2007 World Cup. It’s hard to rein yourself in, but the team comes first.
I experienced great sadness with our elimination from the 1990 World Cup, with many penalties. I still have that feeling of injustice in me.
If you ever go to Temple Square in Salt Lake City, if you stay there long enough, you’ll see a homeless person standing in the middle of their nice, beautiful square, holding out a cup for change. And the Mormons don’t ever ask him to leave.
I tried golf for a while, but I wasn’t very good at it, so I didn’t play a lot of golf. I enjoy all sports, not just football. I like basketball, baseball, and I got into the World Cup. So really, sports in general are my life, and football specifically.
If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually.
I don’t feel particularly attached to Israel – ‘nationalism,’ as Noam Chomsky said, ‘is not my cup of tea’ – but I feel no particular need to demonize it.
Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don’t regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner’s medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it’s three-Michelin’s stars, there’s no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.
I started the 1998 World Cup with Teddy Sheringham up front but always planned for Michael Owen to face Colombia in our final group game because they defended square and a quick striker would be able to exploit the space behind them.
My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.
It’s changed throughout the years, but at one time I was a really big bubble gum ice cream fan. I’d spit the bubble gum pieces in a cup and then collect them.
When I went to my first FA Cup final, we had to pack bags in Tesco to raise enough money for a bus to London. Now, I own a house.
I have a strong lead so far, and I would be proud to win it because it remains the summit for a skier. I also aim to collect several smaller crystal trophies at Are, especially the GS Cup.
They let me put the Stanley Cup in my car. I got hookups.
The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There’s no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.
Playing a World Cup is spectacular.
I played in the 2015 World Cup. I scored in two games; we got to the semi-finals and eventually ended up getting the bronze medal. That was a big turning point in my career, personally, and for English women’s football, too.
I know a lot of Cup Series champions, and they each have a very different personality. They all go about handling adversity, their challenges, and even confrontation a little differently.
I definitely at times notice a difference in service when I go out. You know, I can walk in to grab a cup of coffee or walk in to have lunch or dinner, and people definitely seem on their best behavior, which is funny, or I start to see people clean up around me, which I always find really, really amusing.
That’s the most proud I have been: Seeing my family at the World Cup and them being able to watch me play and making them proud of me.
I tried to do everything on the pitch to play at the World Cup. It wasn’t enough.
The reason I wrote about women’s golf is because I’ve helped out some with the Kathy Whitworth Cup, a tournament they have in Fort Worth every year where they invite 60 of the best junior golfers in the country and even some foreign players.
To win the FA Cup – scoring the winner in the 2014 FA Cup was very nice.
I would not swap the World Cup title for any accolade. But I could imagine that quite a few would swap every accolade for a World Cup title.
I have sometimes played my best Davis Cup matches away from home when you stay in the moment a bit more. But it is tough when half the crowd are spitting on you.
I got to experience being captain in the World Cup. For me, that was something special, and I’ll always kind of remember, but it’s never been a big thing for me to be captain.
Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy.
That’s what you need to win a Cup and go far in the playoffs, you need every guy to be accountable in all areas of the ice.
I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.
We know we can’t win the Cup every year. But we certainly can be in position to win the Cup every year, and if we’ve done that, I think we’ve earned our paycheck.
It’s not easy to win a Cup. Brazil spent a long time, over 20 years, before winning it, so it’s not easy. The Cup is hard: it’s each 4 years.
It is a great opportunity and a great challenge to be a part of Indian team for the World Cup.
I know I’m not everybody’s cup of tea. I’m just me.
The one thing we have to remember about Fernando Torres is that he’s a human being who has come in for an enormous amount of criticism, not least during the World Cup from people in Spain and around the world.
I try to eat as near perfect as possible, but once in a while I eat for my taste buds. For example, I occasionally like to treat myself to a small cup of chocolate frozen yogurt – plus toppings.
Before ‘Life of Pi,’ I wanted to do economics. And now, I realize how bad a mistake that would have been. I just can’t see it as my cup of tea anymore.
Audrey was a princess, so natural, the camera really loved her… James and I kept each other company during all the rejections. We used to meet, have a cup of coffee and went from office to office to get work and never got work.
The World Cup is the biggest stage for football in general.
I understand that Adrenaline Mob is not going to be every Dream Theater fan’s cup of tea. I totally get that; I understand that. It’s different world.
This is the World Cup, and you need all the elements in place: a good coach, luck, and a cohesive team unit are fundamental requirements.
Cup stacking on an ESPN highlight? That’s pretty messed up.
It can take me forever to choose the right coffee cup in the morning. And it does make a difference!
It’s my biggest dream as a soccer player: I always wanted to play in the World Cup.
I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get. As much as I was disappointed and frustrated at times, I’m not sure that I ever felt sorry for myself or begrudged anybody any of their success.
I like English football, always have. It’s just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I’m seen as the real bad boy.
Money plays an important role in football, but it is not the dominating factor. When Chelsea play a Carling Cup game in a small city, and it could result in a draw – the excitement, the spirit, the atmosphere – that’s the real beauty of football in England.
We were sitting on the bus one day and there were 5 of us hanging out. There was only one beer left in the cooler and we actually all took a little cup and split it. It was a pathetic day in a rock and roll when five grown men have to be sitting there sharing a beer.
I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
