National Team Quotes

• In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team.

  Luis Suarez

  Soccer, Latin, Team

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• I wanted a T-shirt that says 'USA National Team'. It turned out to be a very smart decision.

  Mark Warkentin

  Smart, Team, Usa

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• I am not a supporter of buying a national team.

  Oliver Bierhoff

  Team, Buying, Supporter

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• It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.

  Christine Todd Whitman

  Team, President, Vices

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• 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.

  Drew Carey

  Soccer, Sports, Team

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• If there's a national-team player, he has to do extra work. He has to do extra weeks, and he can't go on vacation even if he says: 'Well, but I'm supposed now to have six weeks off.' If he comes and says that, then I give him a hug and say: 'Have fun the six weeks, but don't come back here.'

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Fun, Team, Player

  "Jürgen Klinsmann's USA project is not designed to be a quick fix" by Amy Lawrence, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2011.

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• One training device is the ergometer. I never owned one, never trained on one, and practically never used one. The few national team tests I took on ergs were dismal failures, which worked wonders to further my dislike of these beastly creatures. Boring. Tedious. Noisy. Ergs have greatly cheapened rowing. Graceless. Greasy. Grim. The erg is to rowing what having sex by yourself is to having sex. Stop it!

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Motivational, Sex, Team

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• The national team comes before everything.

  Lorrie Fair

  Team

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• 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.

  Brandi Chastain

  Sports, Team, Weekend

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• When I first made the team I didn't even know there was a national team. So to meit was all new. When I got asked to go on the trip to China I was 16. I said, 'well you know what I have to ask my parents.' So I called home and I am like, 'Mom and Dad can I go to China?' They were like 'sure.'

  Kristine Lilly

  Mom, Dad, Team

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• If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to skip some school for National Team purposes, I am looking forward to holding that Carolina degree as soon as I can get my hands on it.

  Lorrie Fair

  Soccer, Team, School

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• My goal is to get on the national team. People joke that we'll be able to go to Beijing in 2008, but it's just jokes right now. Hopefully I'll be able to make it a reality.

  Lindsay Thompson

  Team, Reality, People

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• I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest.

  Arsene Wenger

  Team, Thinking, Too Much

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• Some of their players are internationals; some play for their national team.

  Steve McClaren

  Football, Team, Player

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• FC Barcelona is the national team of Catalonia

  Carles Puyol

  Team, Barcelona

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• Anytime you have any opportunity to be with the national team it's an honor and a challenge, and it is something I am looking forward to.

  Heather Mitts

  Team, Opportunity, Challenges

  Source: soccerlens.com

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• Being successful means good results for the national team at first in the regional competitions like the Asian Cup and keeping in mind to go for Gold at a World Cup in the future.

  Berti Vogts

  Team, Mean, Successful

  Source: news.xinhuanet.com

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• If a team lives up to its role as favorite, it will have earned the World Cup. By the way, Adidas grew by about 30 percent in Brazil even without sponsoring the national team.

  Herbert Hainer

  Team, Adidas, Roles

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• That's the dream. Being on the U.S. National team and winning the World Cup. I'll take the win anyway I can get it.

  Freddy Adu

  Dream, Team, Winning

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• I've signed a contract with the Dutch national team until 2006. So I can win the World Cup not once but twice.

  Louis van Gaal

  Team, Winning, World

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• While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.

  Michael Owen

  Team, Struggle, Thinking

  "Michael Owen on the English team, Wayne Rooney and the goals record". Interview with Kevin Palmer, www.espn.co.uk. June 12, 2015.

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• Our junior national teams feature increasing numbers of kids from immigrant backgrounds, but who have grown up in Germany. Their roots are elsewhere, but they feel German. They draw on two cultures, and I believe that's been a real and visible factor in the football we've been playing. One of the best and abiding images was Cacau, a Christian with Brazilian roots, celebrating a goal with Mesut Ozil, a Muslim from a Turkish background. Ozil jumped on to Cacau's shoulders, and they gazed up into the stands, both wearing Germany shirts. It was wonderfully symbolic.

  Oliver Bierhoff

  Christian, Football, Team

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• Since the national team doesn't have a stadium yet, they'll come to play here, at Sofia airport.

  Ivan Slavkov

  Team, Airports, Play

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• It is always disappointing when a player is not prepared to stick it out and fight for his place in a national team.

  Rudolph Straeuli

  Team, Fighting, Player

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• I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back : with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that.

  Xavi

  Beautiful, Soccer, Team

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