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I don't want to go back to the national team and play the hypocrite when some of them asked for me to be kicked out.
Rampone and the other experienced players gave me plenty of support when I first came into the national team in 2013.
It's no easy task to coach the national team. I never realised to what extent one becomes the property of the people.
It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.
I can speak in cliches and say how much the Israel national team means to us, but we have to prove that on the pitch.
I try to show myself at Liverpool, and when I come to the national team, I try to show myself in training or in games.
I played with the youth national team, I played in some CONCACAF games, and it's always physical; it's always intense.
I was trained under very famous coaches in the Italian national team, Read Madrid, Juventus, Internazionale and Parma.
I want to thank my team mates in the national team and also at Dortmund. It is their work that helps me to score goals.
With the national team, you never know how long you've got, so you always have to be pushing and making the most of it.
Yugoslavia is a little country, and everybody likes basketball. If I don't play for my national team, everybody be sad.
I cherished every moment with the national team - the good ones and the bad ones - because you learn from your mistakes.
The World Cup was the biggest thing ever for the national team, but the Champions League is the biggest thing for clubs.
All my younger years, I was a No. 10. In the national team, I used to play No. 10, and Marseille, I used to play No. 10.
My objective is always to play for the national team. For me, it's the best feeling in the world to represent my country.
Playing for the national team, you are aware that a whole country wants you to succeed, but you mustn't get side-tracked.
I was a center. I was quite athletic, I could shoot okay and I trained a lot. I played with the national team in Iceland.
I'm happy to play as a centre forward or a second striker, like in the national team with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.
It won't matter who starts and who plays, the most important thing is the Egyptian national team and we will do our best.
The national team can do so much for Italian football, as can even lads who no-one knows or who play in the lower Leagues.
You always want to play for your national team whenever you can, so hopefully I can keep my form up and be in the picture.
A coach - any coach, not just a national team coach - should try to be exemplary. And a national team manager even more so.
When I was growing up, you didn't know there was a women's national team. Now girls grow up dreaming of playing for Canada.
At one point, I asked myself whether I was having fun with the national team, or whether I was just out to convince critics.
Bernard is a great player, a player for the Brazilian national team, and I also followed his progress with Atletico Mineiro.
I want to be the top scorer of the league, take Everton back to the Champions League, and reach the Brazilian national team.
My feelings in regards to the national team are simple: If the manager thinks I can be of use, I will be ready for the call.
I get on with Iniesta very well. It is very easy to get along well with him, just like with all players at the national team.
In any national team, the young players who have quality and the right mentality will stand out. And that's how it should be.
If you don't concentrate during a national team match you can just as easily get injured, so I want to make sure I can focus.
I'm a coach who demands performance of the highest level. Maybe that's the fuel the national team needs to keep on developing.
Of course there's going to be expectations when you're playing well in the national team. But you just have to deal with that.
When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.
The national team requires a work commitment but also a personal one as well. To lead your country is something very different.
It's great having the best league in the world, no doubt about that, but the downside of that is the national team will suffer.
I have always enjoyed playing cricket in every format and tried to produce my best and bring the best out of the national team.
For me, I have always thought a squad comes before everything. I always make decisions for the good of the French national team.
There's always a mix of generations in the national team. You have to bring the best players you think will help you win matches.
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.
I feel I have the Juve shirt sewn to my body because I breathe it every day, but wearing the national team shirt is also an honour.
I never heard anything about 'potatoes' or 'kanaken' during my time in the national team. However I have been called 'potato,' too.
It's more difficult to achieve something with the national team because players from several clubs get together and less frequently.
We must lift ourselves for every challenge we face, no matter who you are playing - and that applies especially to the national team.
I have no idea if anyone is watching me from the Brazil national team, but the best way to have a chance is to do well for Liverpool.
Any coach in football doesn't like national team games because it's out of your hands; you can't really control what's going to happen.
A national team is a reflection of its country's football, and both Brazil and Argentina have earned respect for what they've achieved.
Yes, the national team is all one team. We are not Real Madrid players, Barcelona players, Celta Vigo players... all of us are a group.
When the national team plays, everyone feels a part of it. Everyone comes together. And when Italians come together, we tend to do well.
Players must understand that if they go after more lucrative contracts, then they forfeit their chances of playing in the national team.
I feel at home and very happy with the national team. Even with the responsibility, I am very proud I can go and be in that environment.