#world cup

I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made. ↗

— David Beckham

#cup #difference #fit #going #i

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup. ↗

— Alan Hansen

#best #brazilians #cup #definitely #i

Baseball and American football and hockey are all ahead because they have a history. The MLS is kind of new. So hopefully, in time, and with players coming and trying to develop the game, and the U.S. team also doing well - at the last World Cup, they finished above England and created some buzz. ↗

— Thierry Henry

#ahead #also #american #american football #baseball

It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#championship #countries #cup #cup finals #drew

I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#being #cups #go #high #high school

I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#final #guy #i #just #more

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football. ↗

— Hope Solo

#come #cups #female #football #olympics

The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#capable #course #cup #economic #exceptional

The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#every #four #going #perennial #problem

I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings. ↗

— Hermann Maier

#especially #goals #i #left #many