Ottmar Hitzfeld Quotes

Leading my country out at the World Cup was something I'll never forget.

To participate in a World Cup is a great honour and achievement. I've played in three World Cups. The whole world watches you during a World Cup and expects you to play innings to win games for your country.

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

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

I've played at a European Championship; to represent your country at a World Cup is every boy's dream, and for me, it would definitely be a dream come true.

Being able to play at club level at a high level and then getting called into the national team, it's amazing.

I want to win the World Cup. I want to be the world's number one.

We want to do something important in the World Cup, and hopefully I have the chance. If not, well, life goes on, I'll keep working the same way and supporting my teammates.

I love watching England and what they are doing. But I can promise you I've not thought about anything that high.

World Cup selection will be a dream come true. I want to win matches for India and be more consistent and finish more games for the country.

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

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

To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold.

Here at Carolina, our World Cup opponents marked their calendars. Obviously the other nations wanted to win every game, but a big upset over the U.S. was something we knew other teams would cherish.

As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States.

I've scored many goals that I've liked, but I think the best memory I have is the one against Korea in the 2010 World Cup.

To play in the World Cup and try to win something for England was the ultimate.

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.

For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I've had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I'll never forget either feeling.

Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.

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

My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that.

Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many.

I will be a World Cup winner.