Cup Finals Quotes

It feel like winning the cup final, if that's what it feels like

The last player to score a hatrick in a cup final was Stan Mortenson. He even had a final named after him, the Matthews final

It is a cup final and the one who wins it goes through

At the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals: Win today and we walk together forever.

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

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

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

Look at me - I was the boo boy for years and years. Did I ever think I would end up in Hollywood or the FA Cup final? No, I didn't.

Four goals in (16) minutes. Literally I don't even know how that happens especially in a World Cup final.

On this 101st FA Cup Final day, there are just two teams left

The 2006 playoffs were such a rollercoaster for me. I was able to lean on God and know that no matter what things were going to work out the way they were meant to work out. I had that trust that allowed me to go into the games without fear. When I prayed before games, I was able to just let it go. When I played in game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals, I prayed more that day than I have my whole life. That was a day that I leaned on the Lord a lot. It helped me to face some of my fears.

We'll have more football later. Meanwhile, here are the highlights from the Scottish Cup final.

I remember running around the park as a kid and pretending, shouting out 'Michael Owen in the cup final. He scores!' To actually fulfil that dream when you're older and score two goals made it just a magical day.

I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.

My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.

My saddest decision in football was leaving Paul Gascoigne out of the 1998 World Cup finals. But he wasn't fit enough and once that decision is made, as a manager and a group of players, you forget about who isn't there and focus on the job.

When I die, the last thing I want to see is the six that Dhoni hit in the 2011 World Cup final.

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.

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

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.

It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship.

Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That's the reward.

When I was at Porto my team also played in the UEFA Cup final against a Scottish side - but it was Celtic. I've never seen such emotional people. It was unbelievable!

That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.

It's like a rugby team. If you're picking for the World Cup final, you're picking experience with youth. Everything is better off having that balance and that mix. I think that, especially, goes for the monarchy as well.

When I was a child I had a dream to become a football player. I always played as I played when I was a child. I tried to improve. I never dreamt of becoming a professional football player, I dreamed just to play with the best players in the best team. I never dreamed to be paid to play. I would have paid to play an FA Cup Final in front of 80,000 people in Wembley. I just tried to play the wonderful game that football is. So, I hope young players will still have this dream.

I think that that Davis Cup final made me much stronger mentally. And this preseason, I was working really hard. So today, I was really believing in myself that I can win the match anyway, that I'm going to five sets. That's so important, no, believe in yourself.