Carlos Tevez Quotes

If you play well at club level, then, you deserve an invitation for the national team. That's the way it goes.

I believe that, in principle, it is easier to get into the national team if you perform well at Bayern, compared to what the benefits of playing for other clubs are.

Any player who is in a national team is their because he deserves to be.

To be called up to the national team is what you want.

As a player, you want to play for your national team - if you're fit, you play; if you're not fit, you don't play.

For every Scottish player and whoever qualifies to play for Scotland, it's important to put in the performances and, when a squad is coming up, to stay on your toes and prove you deserve to be there.

Every player wants to be there in the national team.

This is the Italian national team; there's no need to give caps away. If the coach calls up certain players, it's because he's convinced they can give a big hand, and that's why I'm here.

At the moment there are some England players who are the stars of their club teams, but not for their country. It's difficult to explain.

During the time I didn't play for England, they were losing Test matches, and the Yorkshire committee were telling me that I should be batting for my country. Then, when I decided to make myself available to play for England again in 1977, and Yorkshire lost a couple of matches in my absence, they criticised me for not being there.

If I do well at Chelsea, then the national team will take care of itself.

I think players of the national team are not entitled to make an opinion about who is making the team and who is not. At least in my days it was like that.

To be in the England squad, you have got to be playing well and your standards have got to be up there.

I have taken a leap forward at United which has allowed me to get into the national side.

You don't get called up to the national team because you tell good jokes, you are funny, you are handsome or because you are Messi's friend. You are called up because you have a role at your given club and you have personality.

If you are a player and you don't really retire by yourself there should still be an opportunity to qualify for the national team.

It is always a good thing that whoever is getting a chance in the playing XI has been performing well.

I wondered if teams were going to find a place for me, but the Bears said linebacker right away. I tried outside linebacker first and I was terrible. Then inside seemed to fit me.

In any national team, the young players who have quality and the right mentality will stand out. And that's how it should be.

Being called up to the national team isn't a competition of who's more patriotic.

It's an honor to have been considered for the team, and I hope that in the future I will have the chance to represent my country by playing for U.S.A. Basketball.

Ultimately it's your club form that decides whether you play at a World Cup because there aren't many England games throughout the season.

I am never not going to want to play for England so I don't care how old I am. If I am doing well I hope I am going to get picked.

I think with England, I look at myself and accept that I didn't do well enough; then, other times, I was playing my best football for United and England didn't happen.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.