Steven Gerrard Quotes

Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic.

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.

I want to continue to win things, hopefully something with England, and if I can score the winning goal at the World Cup, then maybe they will like me again.

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

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

If you want to win the World Cup, you need to play against the best national teams in the world.

If Messi is on top form, then his team can win everything.

I was full of confidence in myself that I would reach the top or be a professional player as a midfielder.

In Barcelona, Bayern Munich, in Spain and Germany we were able to do it. But people say, 'You only did it because you were in Barcelona and Bayern Munich. You will not be able to do it in England.' So, let's do it. We are going to try.

The gaffer Gareth Southgate knows I can play with my feet, but he knows the capability I have in goal as well. He has put the faith in me, and I had to repay him in the World Cup, and I think I did.

It gives me a lot of confidence to play with my feet, and I have to be focused for 90 minutes.

Scoring a goal for England is special. Scoring in a World Cup is even more special.

A World Cup is always special because it is the highest podium on which you can show your abilities as an individual player or coach, and as a team.

It's going to be a pleasure to coach Cristiano Ronaldo. Certainly, he's one of the top players in the world next to Lionel Messi, and I'm looking forward to the privilege of coaching such a fantastic player.

To have played for England was my ultimate ambition, and to do so at four World Cups and represent Team GB at a home Olympics was beyond the wildest dreams I had when first starting out.

Whether it is a classy performance where you are creating a lot of chances or a scrappy one-goal win, it doesn't matter.

Playing lovely football and making wonderful saves is not a challenge.

We arrived at the 2002 World Cup with two titles, very calm, well organised, maybe missing a bit of concentration. But the only truth is on the pitch. The dangers are there.

The World Cup is always difficult, you need to come physically prepared.

Whenever I'm on the pitch, I feel confident.

Of course, Hazard can create problems in each moment of the match.

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

The 2006 World Cup was the summer I came to United so the England thing was kind of ongoing. Getting to the World Cup was massive but it wasn't until I got to United that I had that feeling that winning was a possibility.

Each game, we try to win the three points, but every game, I want to score and help the team.

Brazil needs a player like Neymar at his best on the pitch because Neymar on the pitch gives more confidence to the other players.