Robert Snodgrass Quotes

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

Sports is an imitation of war - it is peaceful, without arms, but there is fierce rivalry in it. Sports demonstrate that Russia is a great power.

No one can deny there is a lot of pressure when Pakistan and India play, especially with the expectations of the fans at home.

Everyone wants to beat Manchester United, but that's something that we are used to coping with.

The World Cup, as an event, carries a lot of pressure, irrespective of the number of caps you have earned, and the pressure doubles when you play at home.

When I played for the first time against France, I wanted more.

My first experience playing for England was very scary and nerve wracking.

When you face Spain it's not a normal friendly.

When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring you, saying that you gotta beat the Russian's, if you don't win anything else, win the Russian meet and so forth.

There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.

You can't love your team without hating another team.

We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on.

Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.

Brazil go into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil, it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country. Not just the fans and players, but everybody in Brazil lets us know that they expect it. Our president, people in politics, all tell us to come back with the World Cup.

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

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 think watching multi-events is much worse than competing. Especially when you have vested interests because you go through the emotional ups and downs.

It would be fantastic to play against Germany and Brazil.

I had a lot of pressure in my career: when you play at World Cup or Champions League final, there is pressure on your shoulders.

There is always a pressure if you play every game and especially when you are representing your country.

As German players we have something special inside us, because of our football history. We know we have to win, it is what is expected, so we have a good focus.

I suffer during games. We follow the action, kicking every ball, wondering if our centre-backs can stop the cross... In some ways, you enjoy it, but your heart is always thumping.

It's one of the greatest sporting environments you can be in, the first morning of an Ashes series. It's hard to explain, you can only really explain it when you're out there. It's awesome.

Anfield - that's the plan. A fight in my team's ground. Always cherished the thought of that, too.