I enjoyed Wembley like all the managers before me, and I would hope that games would still be played there by the England national team.

I was growing up in England and England was the only national team I knew, so I was actually very pleased to play at the national level.

It was a privilege to enjoy the national team and be part of a group that gave so much to our country, wear the shirt with great people.

With the national team I had to go to Newcastle, Wales, I knew a little about England, but Wolves and Birmingham I did not know anything.

Being a substitute can be an advantage. I know this situation from the national team. And I am also good as a player coming from the bench.

Playing as captain of Juve and the national team, with 500 games for Juve and 100 for the national team, it gives you a different serenity.

The national team has always lent its image to help Italy's problems over the years... The national team is more about uniting than dividing.

You can be one inch from the national team and the opportunity to make so much money and a life out of it. That's why people hang on so long.

And at West Ham no one gives you a puzzled look if you get called up for your national team and players are never asked to play on injections.

I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba.

Lee Chung-yong has been playing well and trying hard at Bolton and has grown in confidence. His improvement is valuable for the national team.

With a national team, you've just got to be even more focused on what's most important because the time you've got with the players is limited.

Some people say I don't love the French national team. If that were the case, I would have said so directly to the coach, because I'm a big boy.

The people of Cleveland hate soccer. But it's my favourite thing and I follow the U.S. men's national team around when they play whenever I can.

Being called up to the national team is about going with them, playing the best you possibly can, and trying to win. That's how I understand it.

International soccer has been a big part of my love for the sport. I love the Men's National Team. I can say that they're my favorite sports team.

It's obviously important for the English national team if you have a lot of players playing big matches. You are more mature and know how to cope.

If it's good for me to go to the national team and play there - not just go there to give experience but to play and be useful - I think it's good.

I understand that it's always difficult for a national team to have a foreign manager. It's a nationalistic question that also flows into football.

Ndamukong started out playing soccer, like his sister before him. She excelled at it, played for Mississippi State, made the Cameroon national team.

We don't sell a car, we sell a dream. We are Italy's national team. There are many great soccer teams in our country, but there is only one Ferrari.

Diouf was one of the best players in the whole history of Senegal. He did a lot for the national team, and everybody knows and respects him for that.

Neymar is the most important player in our national team. His absence is felt when he doesn't play. Same holds true for Barcelona. Such is his impact.

The players who have been with the national team for a long time are used to international competitions, used to playing against the best in the world.

I have equal respect and love for both England and Ireland, and therefore, the national team I choose to represent is not a clear-cut, simple selection.

When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.

I can look forward to that. Getting back over to Europe and playing at a little bit higher level, then hopefully becoming a leader for the national team.

I try to dress well. Not just now at Chelsea, but all my career, at my clubs and the national team in Italy, I like to wear a nice suit on the touchline.

The horizon is a little bit blocked with Didier Deschamps as manager. I respect his choices, but the French national team doesn't make me happy any more.

I wish to thank all fans who support me, but the others should be ashamed because I am a born winner and always played my heart out for the national team.

To play at Stamford Bridge for Brazil would be great. To play for the national team is already special but to do it here would be a very special occasion.

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.

In my hometown, people I didn't even know started to recognize me: 'Oh, you're that kid that's doing well over there in Europe and with the national team!'

The captains of the national team are the ones that have played the most matches. That's what I had in the national team. Maximum respect to those players.

You know, when you are the Italian national team, all the time you need to win because for our history, it is important for us to try to win the World Cup.

When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.

I'm not going to give up. If people think I'm going to give up the French national team, they're mistaken. I'm still here, and I'm still hungry for trophies.

It's a privilege and an honor to play for the national team, but I think that the training that I was in at Frankfurt was the highest level right underneath.

I am very happy to have been called up by the national team. It's indeed another achievement in my career and I've worked a lot and very hard for this moment.

Guardiola, Zidane, who's doing a great work, Tite, also doing a great job in the national team, Simeone. These are managers I would like to work with some day.

If players from our national team are playing in the Bundesliga, it for me shows that it is at least as strong and attractive as the Premier League or La Liga.

While we play for the club we are focused on usual routine, but when we are with the national team and the new kit is unveiled we feel closer to the World Cup.

When I was younger, I showed my nation that I would always play for my national team, no matter who was there. If we had a good team or a bad team, I was there.

For Croatians it means everything to play for the national team. Because of the past. A lot of people died in the war. It's like a duty for us to give everything.

I've had the opportunity to play with Neymar on the national team. Now I'm playing alongside Messi. He's a different player, but he's the best player in the world.

It's not easy to carry forward the national team because you have a whole country behind you. But I would be willing to take charge of the Argentina national team.

Everything I experienced in the national team was amazing. I was there for 14 years and won several titles: the Copa America, Confederations Cup and the World Cup.

I wasn't drafted. I was just playing really good basketball, enjoying playing basketball with my national team and never really thought: 'I have to get to the NBA.'

I waited for the opportunity to be invited to play for the national team of Nigeria, and immediately, they found me worthy; I did not waste time to honour the call.

Naturally, any time that our national team beats Australia is pleasing but the first time we beat them in 10 years at Stratford in 2005 was a day I'll never forget.

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