Filipe Luis Quotes

I would say Hope Solo is competitive.

I'd like to play against Messi and Iniesta.

In the World Cup, you have to respect every team.

My dad, he always played soccer.

There is not a day I wake up and do not think of the World Cup.

I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

Leading my country out at the World Cup was something I'll never forget.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.

I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.

It wasn't until I was at 39 that I joined my first real hockey team. Which was great. I scored a couple of goals here and there, but I wasn't the most graceful thing you've ever seen.

I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.

In high school and college, I was an athlete.

I played soccer for 12 years on three different teams at a time.

To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.

My goals are for the U.S. team to get to the second round of the World Cup and to win a championship here in the U.S. with my club team the Columbus Crew.

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

When I first started playing team sports, I was a little too sweet for my own good. I'd be in tears because I wasn't doing well. But the healthy competition really toughened me up.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

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.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.

You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal.

Football is a passionate game. It excites us.