Hidetoshi Nakata Quotes

It has felt like the World Cup was never going to come for me.

The World Cup has been life-changing, for many reasons.

I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.

Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'

The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.

Having played in U.S.A. in 1994, in France in 1998, as well as the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan - the first on the Asian continent - I have witnessed the excitement and passion unleashed in those different parts of the world.

Whether you're male or female, going to a World Cup is the biggest thing that will ever happen in your life.

It's really exciting for me and my brothers to watch the World Cup.

Being able to have the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA is a great honor for us. Being able to speak at the ceremony that announced they were bringing it here was a stepping stone for a young player like me. I'm happy that it's coming to Canada.

Football is strange, especially after a World Cup.

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

We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.

It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.

I promised my mother that I'd be a famous footballer one day after seeing players such as Croatia's Davor Suker and Serbia's Predrag Mijatovic shine in France.

I'm just the same as everyone - I can remember, growing up, watching the World Cup.

The Premier League and the World Cup are equally important to me.

I love watching the game, and I loved watching the World Cup.

When a World Cup is held in France, it's such an incredible even.

I don't know what I was expecting the World Cup to be like. I never thought to ask anybody; maybe I should have. I've never played in a stadium with, like, 20,000 watching. It was an intense sensory experience.

I want to be in the World Cup.

For everyone, the World Cup is important. It doesn't matter if you are 21, going for your first one, or 35 and going for your third one. It's the biggest stage you can play on, and every opportunity to experience it is something special.

When I watched the World Cup, I had the feeling that I wanted to be there.

Ghanaians and English people enjoy football the same.

The World Cup is a unique event. When you see a blue shirt in a bar or in a pub, you immediately think of Italy. Scoring for your nation was a wonderful experience.

World Cup is the most important title I have won. There is no doubt about that.