I don’t think I am a great. I think I’ve done nothing. I’ve done nothing in soccer. I’ve won leagues, but I haven’t won the Champions League, the World Cup, the Euro. Winning the Euro in France, that wouldn’t be bad.
I’m not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it’s always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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.
My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.
I have a pretty strict diet, and for breakfast, I have three eggs and a cup of oatmeal.
I won the quadruple at 18 with Arsenal, so I didn’t really know what I was chasing after the World Cup, and I was a bit lost, so I didn’t know whether to just be content at home and just play my football or go for another challenge.
I had my father on the Under-21 team and during the World Cup in France in 1998 – and also in AC Milan for four months. So it was a weird experience, because having your father as a coach is pretty weird, and I was the captain. But he was great.
When I took on the title sponsorship of the Western European League and the World Cup Final in October 2010, I did it because I love the sport and I love horses. It has proved to be a perfect match for the Reem Acra brand.
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.
To me, it’s just another game of football – 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it’s important you win the game, and I’m competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it’s a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.
My first memory of the national team is the 1982 World Cup. I remember those days at our home or at my uncle’s house, with all the family and those long dinners watching the matches. But I also remember that, during the games, I went outside or onto the balcony to play.
To win the UEFA Cup with Valencia changed my life. It changed everything.
Sitting in my favorite coffeehouse with a new notebook and a hot cup of java is my idea of Heaven.
It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.
I know I’m not everyone’s cup of tea, and not everyone is going to approve of me being in WWE, but I guarantee every Thursday on ‘Smackdown’ you’re going to get the most prepared and the most passionate broadcast that I’m capable of giving you.
I would obviously love to go to the World Cup.
I knew off by heart the names of the Real Madrid team that played Liverpool in the European Cup final of 1981.
When you are going for every trophy, it is always good to have as many points as early as possible in the Champions League, and then you can concentrate on the league and the Carling Cup.
Playing at the Women’s World Cup is my long-term goal and, hopefully, I can contribute to winning a medal.
I’m in an age bracket now where I can play the father of an adult daughter whose going through her life issues, and she’ll come to me for advice while I’m wearing my Christmas sweater and swirling a cup of hot cocoa.
It is really a great feeling to win a World Cup on your birthday.
For Spain, the more I play, the more goals I score, the more chance I have of making the World Cup and starting games.
Most nervous I’ve ever been is probably the 2007 Walker Cup. I was a little boy playing with these 8 or 9 other guys that were the best amateurs in the country.
My favorite thing about the holiday season is the lights! I love walking around with family, friends, and a cup of peppermint hot chocolate to look at all the beautiful lights and decorations.
I know that nobody will be satisfied with anything less than coming home with the World Cup.
The America’s Cup World Series was created in 2011, with an eye toward conjuring more off-cycle interest and marketing opportunities. It coincided with the ascent of foiling catamarans, a type of boat that goes faster and looks almost Photoshopped, the way it practically floats in air when it races.
We are still confident as a team that we will make it through to the final Cup qualifying round.
The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.
With the Premier League, you can afford to lose a couple here and there, but it’s a tough competition, a cup competition.
It’s difficult to have the Africa Cup of Nations during the season because you focus on the league, and then you go to Africa, then straightaway you come back and have to refocus in the league.
I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.
Davis Cup is important.
I remember, the 1998 World Cup when we were Yugoslavia, I had the sticker albums of all the players, and I still remember that squad and who was playing.
I think I have had my story with France. Unfortunately, it’s not the story I would have liked. I would have liked to have played a World Cup; I would have liked to have done a lot more for the French national team.
Even if you’ve been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.
Winning the World Cup was just the most emotional experience.
With the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, and League Cup, I will play many games with Spurs. And I’m going to enjoy all the playing time I get.
During the 2011 World Cup, I was sitting at the Wankhede Stadium when India won.
I’ve got to do everything extra to put myself in the best shape to get in the World Cup squad.
I want to win the World Cup. I want to be the world’s number one.
World Cup 2003 was the worst phase in my career, but that is now behind me, and I am doing all-out efforts to get my place in the team back and further my career.
I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it’s not their cup of tea, it’s not their kind of album, that’s fine by me.
Hockey is no longer a big four. It’s football, basketball, baseball and soccer. Now, I’m not talking MLS. I’m talking COPA, World Cup, men’s, women’s, MLS, youth… and there’s a lot of reasons for it.
It’s still my ambition to be at the top level and be playing for England – especially, like, a competition like the World Cup.
The FA Cup final is such a fantastic final to play in. I played in the 1999 one at Wembley, and after having watched so many finals as a kid, to be able to make that long walk up from the dressing room to the pitch was fantastic.
Starbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee.
Humor comes in all forms, and everyone has their cup of tea about what makes them laugh. But the day we censor humor is a sad one for sure.
I think every national team has the same possibilities to win the World Cup.
Sometimes when I’m stuck, I really do need that cup of tea, or that chocolate, or a break, or a walk, but in most cases what I actually need to do is make myself keep writing until it flows again.
I love driving at Monaco but the rest of it, well, I can absolutely take it or leave it. It’s extremely pretentious and really not my cup of tea.
You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.
Certain Stanley Cup traditions remain intact, including the handshake line between players who had been belting one another for a couple of weeks.
To say that I wanted to become the captain is entirely incorrect. When Dhoni became captain and I played under him, we won the T20 World Cup.
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.
I think if you’re everyone’s cup of tea, that probably means you’re a little bit boring, or you’re not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it’s dangerous and scary: where you’re not comfortable.
The FIFA Confederations Cup is a major event, and a success in this tournament can make a team stronger.
People make up their mind on whether you’re a good player over seven games at a World Cup. You’re great if you score goals and bad if you don’t. I will always believe in myself, and those who doubt me will always continue to do so.
When you’re writing, it’s a very solitary job. It’s you and your word processor and a cup of tea.
Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
To be honest, the football and the time is going so fast. I don’t want to say that I’ve forgotten about the World Cup, but for me, it belongs to the past. I don’t have time to make a step backwards and think about the World Cup.
I have a very strict regimen of showing up at my desk at a certain hour with my cup of green tea. It is very quiet. I don’t like having a lot of atmosphere around.
If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can’t kill them because they’re good for catching flies.
