Carles Puyol Quotes

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

Any game in the World Cup is a tough game. The atmosphere brings a lot out of both teams.

There are always games where you play for important things, but the semifinal of the Champions League is a responsibility.

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

I would obviously love to go to the World Cup.

A World Cup is always something special and simply indescribable - and being able to hold something in your hands at the end of it all is just incredible.

Playing at the World Cup stage excites me.

I know that nobody will be satisfied with anything less than coming home with the World Cup.

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

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.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

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

The World Cup is a truly International event.

Football is magic for me: it is a special feeling every time I walk out on to the pitch and touch the ball. That is how I would define what magic is.

Getting to the World Cup is a big dream for me.

It would be a dream to go to my first World Cup.

The World Cup has special games, and losing them hurts more than the other ones.

I've been part of five World Cups and we reached the semis only in 1996.

The title I most want is the 2014 World Cup.

The World Cup is a very big event. Every player dreams of playing in one, and it was my dream, too.

You always dream to have a great World Cup.

When you're part of a World Cup, it's always now or never.

In a World Cup you always intend to compete with the best.

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.

As a player, perhaps you have the chance to take part in a World Cup or a European Championship twice or three times in a lifetime. Other competitions, you have another match three days later. Here, it's different: we know we're out if we don't win.