Kenny Cunningham Quotes

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.

To represent one's own country is one of the biggest achievements a footballer can get.

When I signed that USL contract, my perspective changed on me being a professional footballer. That was my goal ever since I was young. I never thought I could achieve it, but that's when it clicked in my head that I can really go far in the sport.

It should be the pinnacle of any players' career to get to a World Cup Finals with their country.

If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.

My first aim is to play well for my club, Manchester City. If I do, I am sure that will come to the attention of the national manager.

As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this.

107 caps isn't bad for someone who isn't 'a top, top player', is it? I never expected to get that amount of caps. When I made my debut, I set myself the personal target of trying to get 50 caps and score 10 goals if I could. So to have 107 is something I am really proud of, particularly being among those names.

Playing in a competition like the Champions League is important for a player; it makes you feel much more of a professional in this sport.

My ambition is to play in the Premier League, like every player.

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

I want to be playing in the Premier League.

I didn't dream of joining Man City as a professional one day, or representing England, because I didn't know that was even possible.

To play with the national team is the ultimate goal for any player.

When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

I can look forward to that. Getting back over to Europe and playing at a little bit higher level, then hopefully becoming a leader for the national team.

Playing in the Premier League for City is like a dream.

I would love to win some major trophies, and I would love to win the Ballon d'Or; that would be a perfect career.

As a soccer player, that's the greatest dream, to win a World Cup.

All I dreamed of when I became a footballer was to play for a club as big as Real Madrid. It's maybe the most famous and best club in the history of football.

I wouldn't say I play better for England, but my goals-per-game ratio is definitely better.

My goal is to play with a club in the Champions League.

You go around the world, and you say, 'I'm the top scorer for the Argentina national team.' I liked that.

For Spain, the more I play, the more goals I score, the more chance I have of making the World Cup and starting games.

It was my dream to have an opportunity to play in a big league like the English league.