At one point, when I didn’t make the 2007 World Cup squad, I was very, very frustrated. Then I became very hard on myself. Whenever I used to go to the nets, or when I trained in the gym, I was very hard on myself. I couldn’t sleep; I used to think a lot. Very, very desperate to make a comeback.
I’ll be out having a good time and stick my gum on the side of my cup – I know, it’s a horrible habit – and people will steal the cup.
Of course Lothar Matthaus is always going to be associated with the 1990 World Cup. But does everyone immediately remember what titles Gunter Netzer, Johan Cruyff or Luis Figo won? Or do they also think about how those players played their football and how they led their teams?
There is always pressure in all matches in the World Cup. This is when you must go beyond your capacity as a competitor.
There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
The FA Cup for all the fans does mean something special.
I’ve never met anybody who says they don’t like the World Cup. If you’re a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
I’m the only player in history to have played in three consecutive World Cup finals.
It’s not like I’m against alcohol. It’s just a decision I made, and if you’ve never had it, you don’t miss it. I’ve been drenched in champagne a few times over my career. I might have a drink if England win the World Cup. That’s one moment where I might.
It was a huge thrill to win the Confederations Cup.
You play the game to win things, and if you asked me whether I would want to finish in the top four or win the FA Cup, it’d be FA Cup every time.
Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you’ve come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge of death, and that’s the condition I suppose that a lot of artists and writers would like to be in.
I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted, as a national coach – you may call this Utopia – to make Catalans and Basques feel good about supporting a Spanish side… to unite even the most sectarian and nationalist.
The World Cup is a very complicated tournament – six games, seven if you make it to the final – and maybe if you lose one game you’re out, even if you’re the best.
Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It’s no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
It is well documented that I am a lifelong football fan. My love of the British game started with the 1966 World Cup.
The World Cup focus is football. Team U.S.A. is more than football.
I’ve always said the World Cup is a dream for any player.
Without a doubt, winning the World Cup is the highest prize in football. It’s the peak – the maximum that you can reach.
He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline.
I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.
World Cup is the most important title I have won. There is no doubt about that.
If you aren’t taking regular breaks every couple of hours, your brain won’t benefit from that extra cup of coffee.
Becoming captain of the World Cup team and winning it is something I can’t express in words.
I’ve been approached by a couple of people who’ve recognized me from ‘Jack Reacher.’ It’s great… when the feedback’s positive. I don’t know if I look forward to the day when I can’t go out and get a cup of coffee. I kinda hope that day never happens.
I’m not everybody’s cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I’m a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don’t like it, fair enough. But give me a break.
I put hibiscus flower in every cup of tea I have. It’s sweet, sexy, and cleansing.
It’s not all about strength, there is so much more involved, getting the horse into a rhythm, getting the horse to try for you, it’s being patient and I’m so glad to win Melbourne Cup and hopefully, it will help female jockeys from now on to get more of a go.
Personally, everyone dreams to be part of World Cup squad. Mine was also the same.
It’s probably the happiest moment for me, to play in a World Cup hosted in Africa.
I remember, in 2008, and we won the Champions League and the Premier League, and we were having our photos taken with the trophies, and someone said to me, ‘Patrice, you don’t look happy.’ I said, ‘It’s because we are missing the FA Cup.’
Nobody criticised me when we qualified for the World Cup when I decided that the best shape for us going forward was three men at the back and stretching the pitch width-wise, which gives you options.
Language and words for psychopaths are only word deep; there is no emotional colouring behind it. A psychopath can use a word like, ‘I love you’ but it means nothing more to him than if he said, ‘I’ll have a cup of coffee.’
I remember watching the Three Tenors at the World Cup in 1990, and it was amazing. They made opera accessible to the man in the street.
The Baja is a survival race, and there is no break, but you’re not up on the wheel all day in the Baja like you are in Winston Cup or at Indy.
I have always loved the big stage and would often tell my friends while growing up that I’d want to help India win the World Cup one day.
My favourite Heineken Cup memory as a player was undoubtedly sharing in Wasps’ final triumph in 2007.
You always dream to have a great World Cup.
Kids in the city can play cricket, badminton, tennis or football. Athletics is not their cup of tea.
When I’m retired, I want to be able to tell my kids I played in a European Cup final. I don’t want to have to say I watched one from the substitutes’ bench, then kept getting knocked out in the quarters and semis.
From my playing experience in Qatar, I know that it is a country and a region which will host a spectacular and passionate World Cup in 2022.
It would make me a lot happier if I could meet up again next year with as many friends as possible from all over the world who I’ve met during my career. That’s where the great opportunity lies, for me personally, in our role as World Cup host.
The World Cup is a tough tournament.
I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, including a rubber turkey, which, during the holidays, I wrap in tinfoil so it appears to have just come out of the oven.
I’m not a politician – it’s not my cup of tea.
I’m competitive. I’d love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That’d be awesome.
Two urns on Jove’s high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both.
At the World Cup, most teams changed their style when they played us and maybe were more defensive. In the final, we didn’t know if Holland were going to do the same, but the important thing was we beat them in the end.
I didn’t think I was ever going to be a Cup driver. When I was a kid, before I started racing in the Xfinity Series, I thought that I was never going to get a chance, and then, if I did, I wasn’t going to run well enough to maintain that opportunity and keep progressing.
I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more visible if perhaps there were some adjustments made to it, and it was made a little bit more easy to understand for the fans, if there’s a little bit more of a start and finish line.
Make the boys go off to the World Cup with a clear head, that everyone is behind them and everyone is with them, and trust me: I think you would definitely see a better England.
I accept I am not everyone’s cup of tea, but judge me over a period of time.
Zizou has been a leader wherever he has played. He was the captain of France, a World Cup winner and been a winner in all the clubs he played for. So he has enough experience to handle and manage a group. More importantly, he is a man who everyone respects.
A great day in New York would be to wake up, get a cup of coffee and head up to Central Park for a nice walk. Then I’d go down to the East Village and stroll around. After that, maybe I’d go check out a museum or catch an indie film at the Angelika.
Messi is always compared to Maradona, but he needs to win the World Cup because if you don’t win the World Cup, you can’t be up there with the very best.
Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn’t a sophisticated task for a person, but it’s hard for a robot.
I never think I want to go to another World Cup just to be in the record books again and play in six tournaments or four World Cups. If I am lucky enough to go, I want to go there to fight for my place and win something in an England shirt.
I’ve kept all of my shirts that wore in the World Cup games, and I’ll be giving them to my family to keep.
