A Quote by Gerard Pique

Being called up to the national team isn't a competition of who's more patriotic.

Gerard Pique

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Being Competition More National National Team Patriotic Team Up

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Gerard Pique
Spanish - Athlete
Born: February 2, 1987

I personally think our national anthem is not patriotic enough. There is another poem by Dwijendralal Ray called 'Dhono Dhanne Pushpe Bhora,' which is more soul-stirring as a national anthem.

Victor Banerjee

Being called up to the national team is about going with them, playing the best you possibly can, and trying to win. That's how I understand it.

Gerard Pique

It had never been a decision to choose between the French national team or the Senegalese national team because I was growing up in France and playing in the French youth national team, so it was something really normal.

Patrick Vieira

To be patriotic is to be able to question government policy in times of crisis. To be patriotic is to stand up for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution in times of uncertainty and insecurity. To be patriotic is to speak up against the powerful in defense of the weak and the voiceless. To be patriotic is to be willing to pay the price to preserve our freedoms, dignity, and rights. To be patriotic is to challenge the abuses of the PATRIOT Act.

Sami Al-Arian

To be called up to the national team is what you want.

Nuno Espirito Santo

You don't get called up to the national team because you tell good jokes, you are funny, you are handsome or because you are Messi's friend. You are called up because you have a role at your given club and you have personality.

Mario Kempes

If I'm called up by any England team, I'm willing to go. I'm not going to pull out of any England team. Ask any young kid who wants to play for their national team, and everyone's the same. We're all dying to do it.

Theo Walcott

It makes me proud if my players are called up the national team.

Filippo Inzaghi

What one does in one's club is what determines whether one gets called up for the national team.

Carlos Tevez

There's always competition in the national team.

Fabio Quagliarella

I gave up on the national team - I thought to myself, 'Well, that's just not something that's going to happen for me.' The national team was in residency camp; I was 6,000 miles away. Nobody was watching, nobody cared... I'm just going to go play for myself and my team and try to be great... and I had more fun than I'd have ever had.

Christen Press

The national team has always lent its image to help Italy's problems over the years... The national team is more about uniting than dividing.

Fabio Cannavaro

We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more patriotic, who say they are more patriotic, do not.

Maxine Waters

Everyone talks about America, this great country. You hear, "I'm more patriotic than you are. No, I'm more patriotic!" But how few people know the history of this country and how we came into being. That's the part that just amazed me.