Clint Dempsey Quotes

I tried to do everything on the pitch to play at the World Cup. It wasn't enough.

As soon as he hit it, I thought I had it. But I lost it when it went into the lights. I did my best.

For me, the 1982 Brazil squad was the best, although we could not win the World Cup.

It's difficult when you're young and you're not playing for your club.

Soccer is a cruel sport sometimes.

Missing the chance to go to the 2007 World Cup was the biggest disappointment of my career.

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

Not being in the playoffs is frustrating.

The thing that made it so hard to get that call from Jill Ellis in 2015, letting me know I wouldn't be at the World Cup, was that I felt like I'd lost what I love most about putting on the U.S. kit: representation.

Football's a global game.

I waited for a long time for a call-up for Les Bleus, but that call never came.

I've been involved in a couple of atrocious World Cups.

Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game.

I experienced great sadness with our elimination from the 1990 World Cup, with many penalties. I still have that feeling of injustice in me.

The World Cup is a tough tournament.

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

Which player isn't motivated about playing in the World Cup?

My first goal is the World Cup, and then my second goal is to win the Asian Cup.

Football is strange, especially after a World Cup.

A World Cup without Argentina and without Messi would be a catastrophe.

Playing at the World Cup stage excites me.

The magic of the cup is winning it, or causing an upset as far as I am concerned - but it is not so enjoyable for anyone when you are on the receiving end.

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

There's no more bad feeling than when you get a defeat.

You lose in the Finals, they're all disappointing. Doesn't matter if I'm playing in Miami, Cleveland or on Mars. You lose the Finals, it's disappointing.