Nikita Parris Quotes

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

We are playing at home, with full stadiums and passionate fans. It will be very special moment for me.

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

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

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

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

It's the World Cup, and everyone wants to be there. No one will be burnt out; everyone will be raring to go.

I can remember standing in the middle of the field after the race and seeing the American flag raised and hearing 'The Star Spangled Banner' and all the people singing it. Then I walked off the field and just kind of enjoyed the feeling.

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.

I think that the World Cup is a big factor for this increased interest. I don't believe all of this is a result of just myself but also because of the others who are playing abroad.

At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further.

I still get butterflies when England are playing.

I am as passionate about the England team as anyone.

Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.

Sledging makes things interesting. There are no robots playing. They are humans who want to perform well for the country. So when stakes are so high, emotions will take over. Sometimes sledging gets the best out of you.

I sang the 'Sunday Night Football' theme song two years in a row - my first part in American culture, although I still don't know anything about American football.

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.

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

A World Cup would only be a true experience if I were wearing the Brazilian shirt. Otherwise, it would just be like playing for a club.

Every rugby player in Australia and New Zealand or wherever they are from wants to play in the World Cup, and I am no different.

There is Rio in 2016, but it won't be the same as going to London and hearing 24,000 people - nearly all British - cheering, stamping their feet, and screaming your name.

I just love diving around in goal. Being able to do it for my country is amazing and I remind myself of it every single time I pull on an England shirt.

There is only one thing that matters to me: the France team.

There's a lot of pageantry involved in opening day, flyovers, extra long TV breaks and stuff. To say that it's not important, more so than some other ones, it is. It's the first game of the year. but I got 30 starts to make. Each win or loss is equally as important.

To be in the national team is wonderful in it's own right. For me, playing against Brazil or Venezuela is the same.