Louis van Gaal Quotes

Every footballer wants to take part in a World Cup with his country.

We're trying to win a World Cup for our country, and I think everyone who supports football can get behind that.

Winning an official World Cup with the South African team had become my burning ambition.

Any player would want to be involved in games against Argentina.

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

I want to win all sorts of titles and then the World Cup with the Brazilian national team.

Playing for England is always the main priority.

Me and a lot of my team-mates still think and speak about the World Cup in 1994, when Sweden finished third.

Playing in the Copa America would be an important thing for me, just like the Olympics, because Brazil has never won the gold medal there.

For Brazil, the World Cup really starts in the knockout rounds.

Messi is the same player in Barcelona and Argentina, and it would be the same if he played with Australia.

It's still my ambition to be at the top level and be playing for England - especially, like, a competition like the World Cup.

We're going to do it. We're going to get to the World Cup.

I prefer that Argentina wins the World Cup. Messi deserves it for all he has done in football. He's my friend, I wish him the best

[Wayne Rooney] best tournament was the 2004 European Championships, when he played alongside me and made such a big impact, but it hasn't happened for him at the World Cup for one reason or another.

I will never forget my first game for England at the World Cup, It was against Turkey... no I mean Tunisia.

My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S.

I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.

Every team going to Brazil 2014 will be there to win, and it's going to be a fiercely contested World Cup.

When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.

Winning the World Cup is definitely the highlight of my career. I thought the gold medal at the Olympics would peak it, but winning the World Cup, the reception... it's what we all dreamed of when we were little.

I want to play in Europe, as the national team is important for me.

I've played with Jan Vertonghen for Ajax and the national team.