World Cup Qualification Quotes

It's my dream to help Guinea reach the World Cup at least once.

The first time I watched a World Cup game was in 2002. That was the first time Senegal had ever qualified for the World Cup, and it was great moment that I will never forget in my life. I was ten years old at the time, and that experience of watching my country in a World Cup is what inspired me to become a footballer.

Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it.

In order to make history, you have to win the World Cup. It's not good enough just to reach a final.

I think that all the countries that qualify for a World Cup finals deserve respect and if they are there it is because they have won that right.

All I can focus on is playing as many games as I can at the highest level. If that leads me to the World Cup, then brilliant. It's certainly a target of mine.

At this level, if you are aiming for the World Cup, because the tournament is so long there will be points where the team may lose a couple of games.

We get to play every team before the World Cup, touring in different conditions besides a few series at home. It gives a lot of opportunities to the youngsters. As we play more, we get to see who a quality player is and what plans and strategies would work for the team.

Nobody criticised me when we qualified for the World Cup when I decided that the best shape for us going forward was three men at the back and stretching the pitch width-wise, which gives you options.

Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it.

There is simply no better way to generate buzz for soccer in your country than having your team in the World Cup.

Ultimately it's your club form that decides whether you play at a World Cup because there aren't many England games throughout the season.

My first World Cup appearance remains fresh in my memory and what made it incredible was that I had made my first appearance for Nigeria just a year before.

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.

I see football as a bit like a stairway, and you have to climb it bit by bit. First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup, if possible.

For Spain, the more I play, the more goals I score, the more chance I have of making the World Cup and starting games.

When I was playing, I always preferred to be meeting a side like the Faroe Isles or San Marino early doors. Do things right in those games, and you knew you would get six points on the board, at least be up and running and challenging in the group.

A burning ambition of mine is to take Scotland to a major tournament. It should be the pinnacle of any players' career to get to a World Cup finals with their country.

My goal is to play at Euro 2016 with France.