Cup Final Quotes

#1. 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

Lawrie McMenemy

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

David Coleman

#3. 'Strictly' is a bit like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final or sinking the final putt in the Ryder Cup - only a few people get the opportunity to do it, and they have got to be famous.

Anton Du Beke

#4. When I took on the title sponsorship of the Western European League and the World Cup Final in October 2010, I did it because I love the sport and I love horses. It has proved to be a perfect match for the Reem Acra brand.

Reem Acra

#5. 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!

Jose Mourinho

#6. 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.

Jere Longman

#7. A good day's filming at last ... John Horton's rabbit effects are superb. A really vicious white rabbit, which bites Sir Bor's head off. Much of the ground lost over the week is made up. We listen to the Cup Final in between fighting the rabbit
Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0.

Michael Palin

#8. Before the Memorial Cup final, Gord Wasden - the father of one of the Medicine Hat Tigers - stood

Malcolm Gladwell

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

Abby Wambach

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

Bernard Laporte

#11. 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.

Prince William

#12. 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.

Jonny Wilkinson

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

Sunil Gavaskar

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

Gary Newbon

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

Jimmy Hill

#16. 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.

Vinnie Jones

#17. I remember vividly as a 15-year-old, in 1964, seeing Derry play Glentoran in the Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park in Belfast. Glentoran were one of the two big Belfast teams, along with Linfield. Any rural team playing them was up against the odds.

Martin McGuinness

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

Graham Hawkins

#19. 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.

Fernando Verdasco

#20. 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.

Angela Merkel

#21. 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.

Bill Shankly

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

Jonny Wilkinson

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

Gianluigi Buffon

#24. ..."Unforgiveness," said Pastor Allen, "is the cup of poison that we pour for another, and then drink ourselves."
'You are becoming a very bitter and twisted person, Hana Du Rose,' she chided herself as they sang the final hymn.

From the New Du Rose Matriarch

K.T. Bowes

#25. At the Cardiff World Cup I really would like to make the final. The favorites are still Peter, Daniele or Vavra, but I will try to do my best in order to be closest as possible to these athletes.

Benjamin Boukpeti

#26. I don't know." I shake my head slowly, look out the window at the parking lot, lift my cup of coffee for one final sip. "I feel like I wasn't made for these times." "I don't know, kid," she says. "I think maybe you're the only person who was.

Ben H. Winters

#27. I started the 1998 World Cup with Teddy Sheringham up front but always planned for Michael Owen to face Colombia in our final group game because they defended square and a quick striker would be able to exploit the space behind them.

Glenn Hoddle

#28. We are still confident as a team that we will make it through to the final Cup qualifying round.

Cobi Jones

#29. I'd never won the Stanley Cup so I asked Cournoyer right after the final if this was like winning the Cup. He said, 'This is ten times better.' I believed him.

Dennis Hull

#30. You've got to believe you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.

Peter Shilton

#31. 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.

Glenn Hoddle

#32. The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

Alan Hansen

#33. The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose one game you're out, even if you're the best.

Pele

#34. I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

Maya Angelou