Winning Goal Quotes

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

Back in 2005, we lost in the semi-final of the World Cup and that was a great learning curve for the team. It gave us a goal and even more of a hunger to win the World Cup, so we went away and set ourselves a long-term plan to do it.

What’s the point of playing if winning isn’t the goal?

Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goalo.

It's always fantastic to be on the podium, and, of course, the top step is always our target.

I want to continue to win things, hopefully something with England, and if I can score the winning goal at the World Cup, then maybe they will like me again.

Every day growing up, I had this dream about the World Cup: I score the winning goal. In the final minute. With my butt!

We got anxious at the end of the weekend in our urgency to try to score the winning goal. Ended up playing far too many long balls forward. That style of play doesn't suit Manchester United. We must continue to play football and enjoy the game. If we do that, eventually things will come right for us.

I'm not really worried about how many carries I get or anything, I just want to make sure we win the game. So if I need 50 carries to win the game, I'm going to get it.

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

I'm just looking to go out there and win and do whatever I can to help my team win. I just want to be helpful on the floor.

After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid.

Whenever you go into a game, you want to win, and you want to come out victorious in any way.

I wanted to score the winning goal in the 90th minute of the World Cup final.

To score a goal for Liverpool is always special but the fact it was for the first team makes it even better.

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.

In the 123rd minute of the semifinal game at the Olympics against Canada, I scored the game-winning goal that brought us to the finals. You can't replicate those do-or-die moments in practice or a friendly game.

There were times when I didn't think I would even be at the European Championship. so to be walking off the field, having scored the winning goal in front of our home fans, just got too much for me.

I am sure for every striker, scoring goals gives them confidence.

The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.

I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.