Ottmar Hitzfeld Quotes

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.

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

Every team going to Brazil 2014 will be there to win, and it's going to be a fiercely contested World Cup.

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

I think every national team has the same possibilities to win the World Cup.

It would be a dream to go to my first World Cup.

I would obviously love to go to the World Cup.

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

A World Cup is always special because it is the highest podium on which you can show your abilities as an individual player or coach, and as a team.

I love the Copa America. It showcases all the classic rivalries of South America, all those neighbours, up against each other.

I got to be around an England team at a World Cup in Brazil, and that was an amazing experience.

It's an amazing opportunity to be around at the right time and play in a home World Cup.

World Cup is very special because it happens once in four years, so for every individual, it's very special.

The first World Cup I followed was Sweden 1958. I watched the games on TV. Brazil won that World Cup by defeating Sweden 5-2 in the Final and Pele scored twice.

Germans have a rich history of playing well in the World Cup.

Of course, for the national team it is good to have Mesut Ozil in good form.

Every player would love to play a tournament like the World Cup at home.

The most important thing is qualifying for the World Cup.

I am Brazilian, and that is not going to change, but I want to win the World Cup with Spain.

I'm proud to have played 14 matches at the World Cup with the number ten shirt and to have scored eight goals.

Because we are a small country, unlike England, Italy, or Brazil, we don't have as many good players.

To be honest, the football and the time is going so fast. I don't want to say that I've forgotten about the World Cup, but for me, it belongs to the past. I don't have time to make a step backwards and think about the World Cup.

You never want to start a season knowing your team doesn't stand a chance to win. The Premier League may be the one example where fans continue to be passionate about their team despite that.

Everyone wants to play at a World Cup. It would have been my dream to go.

You meet somebody on a bus or something, and they say, 'Thank you for the World Cup; it was so good to see,' and stuff like this - it's funny.