Ronaldinho Quotes

The World Cup, as an event, carries a lot of pressure, irrespective of the number of caps you have earned, and the pressure doubles when you play at home.

I know everyone wants to see India winning on home soil, be it in hockey or cricket. But sometimes with expectations come pressure, which can affect our performance.

Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country.

As German players we have something special inside us, because of our football history. We know we have to win, it is what is expected, so we have a good focus.

Every tournament and every international game played gives you additional experience which brings you forward, both on the pitch and off it, but there is nothing more special than playing a World Cup on home soil.

Would I have preferred not to play in a home World Cup for Brazil, a privilege that most people in this world can only dream of? Not a chance.

The pressure to win is always there, especially with the Brazilian team.

There is a different sort of edge when you come up against England. Even when it's a friendly game you still get that fear in you that if you get beat it won't be good but if you win it will be the best thing going.

Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.

I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring you, saying that you gotta beat the Russian's, if you don't win anything else, win the Russian meet and so forth.

We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.

Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000.

At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back to Ireland and see all the Irish boys again.

Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.

I'm not the first player to have their home Grand Slam and not perform. There have been a few Australians and French players, you name it. It's a tough thing. But it is one of those things. Would I rather have a Grand Slam in my country than not? I would.

After all these years, I'm finally into soccer. The World Cup is on, and my band is an international group - they're all around me, cheering in the hotel bars.

The curiosity of the public took the greatest toll on me of anything in politics

It is important that when you play at home in front of your own fans, not to lose and to always try and win, to always give your all.

Having played in U.S.A. in 1994, in France in 1998, as well as the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan - the first on the Asian continent - I have witnessed the excitement and passion unleashed in those different parts of the world.

When a coach arrives at Juve, he has to win every Sunday, no draw matters, all that matters are the three points.

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.

When you come to a World Cup with Germany you are expected to win it.

We were able to dominate the world in the '90s because the World Cup victory completely transformed us and changed our mindset.

Look, in my life, I played one World Cup: the greatest thing. I used to wait in anticipation for the squad announcement. I didn't go to Argentina 78 having played throughout qualification. Now, that hurt.

We're trying to win a World Cup for our country, and I think everyone who supports football can get behind that.