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I think it is always a challenge when you go and play abroad. You are competing against the home team, and they know the conditions well. Their fast bowlers always know which length to bowl and also the areas in which they need to bowl.

Would I have preferred not to play in a home World Cup for Brazil, a privilege that most people in this world can only dream of? Not a chance.

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.

Teams just don't go into Autzen Stadium and win very often.

London was the Olympics that I was most nervous about. From coming into the venue and stepping on to the mat, people were supporting with 'Saori' banners and waving the Japanese flag, so even though it was London, I felt much more like fighting at home that way, which was really inspiring.

I'm not the first player to have their home Grand Slam and not perform. There have been a few Australians and French players, you name it. It's a tough thing. But it is one of those things. Would I rather have a Grand Slam in my country than not? I would.

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.

Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000.

I'm gonna miss playing for my hometown team. Living five minutes down the road.

It's a privilege to be able to play a host country in a host nation, because it's just that much bigger and these are the type of games that we love.

Every player would love to play a tournament like the World Cup at home.

It is important that when you play at home in front of your own fans, not to lose and to always try and win, to always give your all.

I was really scared coming to Celtic because I have heard so much about U.K. football being tough; the fans expect so much.

You really don't believe that winning at home or winning on the road makes a difference. The Lakers have that mind-set. They don't look at it as 'We're at home, we're on the road.'

I think you just have extra adrenaline playing at home.

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.

It is something special when you play a final at home in your own stadium.

You can feel a bit of extra pressure bowling at your own ground.

I know everyone wants to see India winning on home soil, be it in hockey or cricket. But sometimes with expectations come pressure, which can affect our performance.

Nobody wants to play without fans.

Every national side plays according to their characteristics and the kind of entertainment they like.

After playing in England, going to a place where you have 40, 50 people at the stadium was no fun.

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

Being the champion and getting a unification fight in your house gives you certain advantages.

Every tournament and every international game played gives you additional experience which brings you forward, both on the pitch and off it, but there is nothing more special than playing a World Cup on home soil.