In the World Cup, people of many nations come together for a fierce competition. To field the best team, all the competitor nations know that they need to train their athletes for many years, starting as early as the first moments a child can recognize a soccer ball. No shortcuts. No late starts.

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The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

— Alan Hansen

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We have less than one year before the World Cup. I want to have the best team in all the games, the qualifiers and every friendly before the competition.

— Carlos Alberto Parreira

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

— Alan Hansen

The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying.

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Nobody is offered a World Cup.

— Abby Wambach

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