Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Essam El Hadary

I won't let anything stop me.

I won 37 trophies and I enjoyed some remarkable moments, such as our win over Italy at the 2009 Confederations Cup.

I did almost everything in my footballing career.

Obviously, any player wants to set a record.

Setting targets is very important in my life; I always have targets to fulfil.

I've got rule a that I've stuck to for many years: train as hard as you can.

I respect Suarez and Edinson Cavani but I don't fear them.

I work out in the morning before I join group training sessions with the team.

The country comes first, then the record book.

I train hard every day, I don't know what the word 'impossible' means.

I have dealt with three generations of players, each one of them was different.

Sometimes the media highlight a record for me that I did not know anything about but setting a record at a prestigious tournament like the World Cup makes me happy.

I appreciate Merriekh and their chairman Gamal El-Wali. I respect their supporters, players and technical staff.

I have worked really hard to keep in shape.

The player who is almost at the same age as my daughter... I treat all my team-mates as brothers and I treat him just like a team-mate. I embrace them all and I am always around them giving advice because this is part of my job as a team captain and friend. I don't make them feel the gap in the age because I believe this should be normal.

I'm used to realising all my dreams and targets through my determination and ambition.

We're all determined to do whatever it takes to honour the national team jersey.

My father who passed away told me that his dream is to watch me playing at a World Cup and I want to make my dad proud.

It won't matter who starts and who plays, the most important thing is the Egyptian national team and we will do our best.

I'm proud of my long career but playing in the World Cup is something special for any player. There is no limit to my ambition and I have always been determined to achieve that objective.

I'm always focused on constantly developing.

I'm very happy to play at the World Cup, and that is a message to all footballers and others around the world, that you should believe in your dreams and fight to make them come true.

By working hard, age is just a number.

I train hard, every day, not because it's my job but because I love football.

This is a message to all footballers and others around the world that you should believe in your dreams and fight to make them come true.

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

We all do our best. We hope we can win.

God helped me crown my football career with a participation in the World Cup.

Rooney is one of the best forwards in the world, if not the best.

We know football is a difficult game. Sometimes you win and lose.

When I'm sitting on the bench, I try to help the players who are out on the pitch.

As the captain of the team, my job involves more than just playing. I have to talk to the players and motivate them.

We all have a loyalty to our country, we want to serve our country. It's in our nature.

Beating a record for the oldest World Cup player means that it's an achievement for my country before it's an achievement for me.