Jermain Defoe Quotes

You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.

The most important and the better feeling in football, for me, is scoring a goal.

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.

I love to score goals, and I love to plan my celebrations.

Everything I experienced in the national team was amazing. I was there for 14 years and won several titles: the Copa America, Confederations Cup and the World Cup.

I was lucky enough to win the Intercontinental Cup twice and I know first-hand how important international competitions like the FIFA Club World Cup are to both players and fans.

You always dream to have a great World Cup.

My last game, scoring a goal, was incredible.

Scoring a goal is the best thing in the world because it's the only thing you can't control or predict.

A 3-0 win in the World Cup, it's never easy.

I think my breakthrough was at the World Cup 1986.

As a kid, I was always pretending to score the goal in the FA Cup final, and I managed to live my dream.

One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.

Everybody tries to score a great goal, and I am lucky I have netted a few.

I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

I even scored Monaco's goal too. Please, put it down as an own goal for me!

Our journey has taken 21 players but our goal is still the same, to win the World Cup.

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.

Here at Carolina, our World Cup opponents marked their calendars. Obviously the other nations wanted to win every game, but a big upset over the U.S. was something we knew other teams would cherish.

Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling.

The high point of my career was winning the Champions League. No one will ever erase that from my memory, in the same way that no one will ever erase the fact that I did it in a Manchester United shirt.

I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on improving.

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.

It's scoring goals that's great, whether against Brazil or anybody else.