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“Kamera šeće po tribinama, upija atmosferu prije utakmice. I onda uhvate u kadar moju Emu! Gleda u daljinu i jede sendvič s bezbrižnošću kakvu samo dijete može imati.”

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Book:Moja igra

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“Who said the Arabs are incapable of breaking world records? Qatar has just set a new world record by becoming the first host nation ever to lose an opening World Cup football match.”

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Author:Mouloud Benzadi

“We're coming for you whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and Dad reckon it's better if we pretend to ask their permission first. If they say yes, send Pig back with your answer pronto, and we'll come and get you at five o'clock on Sunday. If they say no, send Pig back pronto and we'll come and get you at five o'clock on Sunday anyway.”

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Book:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“When they looked in the mirror, the American and Chinese women had begun to see each other's reflection. To reach the World Cup final, the Americans had become tightly connected by the ligaments of teamwork, while the Chinese had realized the necessary freedom of individual expression.”

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Book:The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World – A Provocative Look at 1999 Role Models and Off-Field Race, Class, and Gender Issues

Source: The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World – A Provocative Look at 1999 Role Models and Off-Field Race, Class, and Gender Issues

“All the propagandist like FIFA, ICC, Olympics are hypnotizing you to be radical patriotic in the name of sports.”

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Author:Anup Joshi

“The top challengers are usually understood, but there are always a few dark horses in the running for every major tournament.” —Oscar Auliq-Ice”

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Author:Oscar Auliq-Ice

“The only time you should think about winning the World Cup is when you're holding it above your head in celebration once the final is over. Anything else is presumptuous.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“With what they did with their mouths, which they call Mund in German, at the end of the day, we all will say that the Germans were truly at the MUNDial at Qatar 2022.”

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Author:Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

“The Moroccan football team has taught us a lot but the greatest lesson is; our mothers are everything”

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Author:Aysha Taryam

“Only a good player knows... what it takes to reach there...”

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Author:Bhawna Dehariya

“There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.”

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Author:Gary Neville

“The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past.”

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Author:Michel Patini

“To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives me an incredibly special feeling of fulfilment. I know myself well enough to know that I will never truly be satisfied.”

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Author:Jonny Wilkinson

“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.”

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Author:Jonny Wilkinson

“I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that.”

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Author:Jonny Wilkinson

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

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Author:Jacob Zuma

“I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.”

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Author:Eric Bristow

“As for the (Ballon d'Or) criteria, I'm not really sure how it works. Sometimes it's a World Cup year, sometimes it isn't. Let them vote. For me, there is no doubt as to who is the best, year after year.”

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Author:David Villa

“Leading my country out at the World Cup was something I'll never forget.”

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Author:Mark Viduka

“I love football, but I'm sick of the World Cup. I don't even care about England.”

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Author:Elton John

“Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.”

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Author:Graham Taylor

“I scored in a World Cup and I want that buzz again.”

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Author:Jermain Defoe

“I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who played in Holland and they were a bit like the Dutch.”

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Author:Simon Kuper

“They always lose when it matters (getting it wrong about England in the rugby world cup final 2003).”

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Author:Bernard Laporte

“The World Cup was a huge frustration because I had prepared really hard for it. But in the World Cup there is no formula, no recipe for success.”

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Author:Kaka

“After an All-Blacks surprise loss to the French in the 1999 Rugby World Cup: “The French are predictably unpredictable.”

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Author:Andrew Mehrtens

“You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.”

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Author:Haile Gebrselassie

“I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it.”

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Author:Steven Gerrard

“If you spend 10,000 hours on the bunny slope, you're never going to win the World Cup. You've got to challenge yourself, ski the double blacks, go out when it's blowin' and snowin' as well as when it's sunny and smooth.”

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Author:Bob Lefsetz

“Have a go-to pump up song. Mine is Shakira's 'Waka Waka' from the 2010 World Cup (don't judge). Play it only when you're ready to turn into your most badass self.”

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Author:Kathryn Minshew

“Congratulations to the Italian people for winning the World Cup. ... They won after France's best player got ejected for head butting. That's the closest anyone in a French uniform has come to combat in 60 years.”

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Author:Jay Leno

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

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Author:Rio Ferdinand

“As a non-Arsenal player I would say Ryan Giggs is my Premier League player of the decade because he has combined style with winning. Also I feel sorry he could never attend the World Cup, somewhere where people get a lot of compliments when they do well.”

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Author:Arsene Wenger

“In recent times Italy have been in a World Cup final every 12 years and I hope to still be there in 2018.”

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Author:Gianluigi Buffon

“If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup.”

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Author:Andy Gray

“Facebook revealed that Ebola was the most popular Facebook topic in the U.S. this year, with the World Cup coming in sixth. So welcome to America, where even Ebola is more popular than soccer.”

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Author:Jimmy Fallon

“Vladimir Putin bribed a soccer official with a Picasso painting so he would support Russia's bid to host the 2018 World Cup. Putin was like, 'It wasn't Picasso, just picture of what his face would look like if he said no.' (Nose over here, eye up here, ear in forehead.)”

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Author:Jimmy Fallon

“There's more chance of me flying Concorde to the moon blindfolded than there is of you taking Wales to the World Cup.”

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Author:Robbie Savage

“He's got great credentials by winning the World Cup, but he did it with Brazil - my granny could probably have managed Brazil to World Cup success.”

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Author:Gary Lineker

“The combination of an out-of-control tabloid press and a readership that thrills to the destruction of the England head coach is something no other country can offer. Scolari was driven out; Steve McClaren's personal life made the front pages. Neither of them even held the job. Then there was the fake-sheikhing of Sven-Göran Eriksson. That a newspaper should so brilliantly and deliberately destabilise the national head coach in a World Cup year is something no other sporting nation would consider.”

“It's the only sport that's played in every country in the world. It's played and watched all over the world, it's the most popular sport in probably 90% of the countries, and then with the World Cup, you have the most viewed tournament of any sport in the world.”

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Author:Claudio Reyna

“I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on improving.”

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Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy

“This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history.”

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Author:John Helm

“They (the FAI) have asked, very humbly, can't we be team No 33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that... really!”

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Author:Sepp Blatter

“The shot of Kapil Dev kissing the World Cup and hordes of Indian fans all over at Lord's is etched in my memory. Every Indian is proud of that victory, and every Indian player who has played the World Cup after that '83 win wants to bring the Cup home.”

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Author:Suresh Raina

“I have reasons to believe that I could win the World Cup, but I take it one race at a time.”

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Author:Marcel Hirscher

“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.”

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Author:Mikaela Shiffrin

“I've always been proud to represent my country, whether it be World Cups, European Championships or just friendly games, I've always been a proud person, I'm very patriotic.”

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Author:David Beckham

“I wish I could play the World Cup; thats one of my dreams.”

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Author:Gabriel Basso

“Argentina is my country, my family, my way of expressing myself. I would trade all of my records for the World Cup trophy.”

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Author:Lionel Messi