Penalty Shootout Quotes

I'm proud to have played 14 matches at the World Cup with the number ten shirt and to have scored eight goals.

I may not have played men's football, but I've been at World Cups as a player. I know the emotions. I've been in quarter finals, a semi-final. I'd been substituted and sat on the bench watching us lose a penalty shoot-out. I know what happens, what you need when the pressure's on.

At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match.

I've watched us go out on penalties so often. I really thought we'd make it at Euro '96, especially after Gazza's goal against Scotland. I still go to every England game as a spectator.

The World Cup is a tournament that practically does not allow errors, especially in the final.

It's obviously very tough for any team to lose on penalties.

Any one of Messi, Neymar, Xavi, or Suarez can take penalties; it doesn't matter.

Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.

The World Cup is a unique event. When you see a blue shirt in a bar or in a pub, you immediately think of Italy. Scoring for your nation was a wonderful experience.

I don't worry about the thought of the game going to penalties - it doesn't matter!

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

I remember the European Championships in 2004. Wayne Rooney was a special player in that tournament, and I definitely cried when we got knocked out then.

The main factor in a penalty shootout is luck again. You need to stay calm and focussed but the biggest thing you need is luck.

Obviously if somebody scores 17 goals, you're not going to argue with him if he wants to take penalties.

When you are in the goal, you have to concentrate totally on the game, but in a shoot-out when the striker is walking towards the penalty spot, you remember what you have been through and see it as a chance to make the difference.

I've saved a few penalties; I'm good at them.

Knowing where a team will usually place a penalty can be the difference between winning or losing.

Brazil versus Argentina is always a great game, with great football and scoring chances.

If you face the goalkeeper, you have to wait for him to go and then put the ball in the other side. It's easy to say it but not so easy to do it when you are in the 88th minute of a game. So you must practise.

I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

As a player, you never want a penalty shoot-out, because it is a lottery to some extent. You'd rather win in 90 minutes.

It is true I know Buffon well, but I didn't change my style of taking penalties because of that.

When you go into extra time, we're talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it's a tragedy.

I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.