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The competition for World Cup places is massive, and you can't just rest on what you've done in the past or anything like that.
When someone becomes a part of the Azzurri squad that has won a World Cup, they are like family, and they never abandon anyone.
I had a lot of pressure in my career: when you play at World Cup or Champions League final, there is pressure on your shoulders.
I won't win a World Cup, and I won't win the Olympics, but I'm sure I can compete with the best, and that's what I want to show.
Every rugby player in Australia and New Zealand or wherever they are from wants to play in the World Cup, and I am no different.
I've been lucky enough to experience some big tournaments at Under-21 level and would love to be part of a World Cup in England.
Coming out of the Ashes in 2013-14 and the World Cup in 2015 I realised how much I wanted to be a force in international cricket.
The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.
The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance.
Beating a record for the oldest World Cup player means that it's an achievement for my country before it's an achievement for me.
For me, I think the Champions League is the biggest trophy, but playing for your country in the World Cup... it's hard to choose.
I have the belief that all the qualified teams can create surprises at the World Cup and not just the traditional top favourites.
Sometimes you decide games, but you can't decide a competition. So, Messi's merit is not undone because he hasn't won a World Cup.
The first important thing is representing the country. That feeling will always be there, be it World Cup or any other tournament.
I put everything in the hands of God. He takes care of us and helps us. If he wants me to play in the World Cup, he'll protect me.
I've won an Olympic title and an U-20 World Cup, but it'd be really special to round things off with a Copa title with the seniors.
Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
The 2017 European Championship was my first major tournament for England, but everyone tells me the World Cup is a different level.
I've got a massive opportunity here with a great bunch of players to represent England at a World Cup; that's my biggest focus now.
Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.
I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.
One of the things I enjoy most during the World Cup is watching a team improve, mature, and gel during the course of the tournament.
In a World Cup final the adrenalin is going. Emotion sometimes get the better of me but that is adrenalin and wanting us to do well.
My worst moment was in 2006, in Germany, without any doubt! The defeat in the knockout phase of the World Cup 2006 against Portugal.
I've been relegated at Hull, but to make a World Cup squad and reach an FA Cup semi-final at Hull is something I am really proud of.
They knew who I was in Australia in 2006, but not to a great extent. Now, with the momentum of a second World Cup, it has gone crazy.
The way New Zealand played at the 2015 World Cup changed cricket. The way they went about it epitomised the way they are as a nation.
To win the World Cup in your own country was magical. When Didier Deschamps lifted the trophy, I thought: 'Wow, I'm a very lucky man.'
To represent a country, qualify for the World Cup, and get a team to perform at the right moment in time would be great honour for me.
I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World Cup winning runs.
That's the most proud I have been: Seeing my family at the World Cup and them being able to watch me play and making them proud of me.
If you win the Champions League, you become known across the globe, but the World Cup has always thrown up new stars and developments.
I have dreamed of Brazil all my life. As a child, I had videos of Brazil, of their World Cup wins, of Pele, and of all the big players.
A World Cup would only be a true experience if I were wearing the Brazilian shirt. Otherwise, it would just be like playing for a club.
The first one is your first World Cup, so you go into it with a lot of pressure, trying to take it all in, but you are just so focused.
I remember watching the Three Tenors at the World Cup in 1990, and it was amazing. They made opera accessible to the man in the street.
To be captain and win a lot at Juventus, to play for 20 years, to play in the World Cup, European Cup, I think I had a good career, no?
Having the opportunity to join the FOX family as a soccer analyst in their Moscow studio for what will be my third World Cup is amazing.
A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.
The World Cup is like the Overlook Hotel: the identities of individual meat puppets might change, but the structure continues endlessly.
You always want to see the best players in action at a World Cup, and the players always want to measure themselves up to the very best.
Winning the title in my first season at City was a dream come true, but the downside was not being selected for Spain's World Cup squad.
I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.
When Diego won the World Cup in 1986, perhaps he had the luck that Messi has not had. Diego had very good teammates and things went well.
This is the World Cup, and you need all the elements in place: a good coach, luck, and a cohesive team unit are fundamental requirements.
I have always loved the big stage and would often tell my friends while growing up that I'd want to help India win the World Cup one day.
I turned 24 in the middle of my first World Cup and it was quite an unbelievable experience. It's really hard for words to do it justice.
I've been lucky enough to play in the final of a World Cup before, but it's always an amazing experience to walk out at a packed stadium.
I resigned from captaincy because I wanted the new captain to get enough time for preparing a team before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
The World Cup is the toughest challenge there is. You have seven matches where you have to bring your best and cannot let up at any turn.