A Quote by Karen Carney

You've got to dig deep to get from a semi-final to a final.

Karen Carney

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Deep Dig Dig Deep Final Get Got

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Karen Carney
English - Athlete
Born: August 1, 1987

I was telling somebody the other day that I have had five semi-finals with South Africa and never got to a final. I got to one final with Pakistan and eventually got a medal!

Mickey Arthur

Dave Jones got to the final last year and lost in the semi-final this year, so progress has definitely been made

Paul Lambert

When you get to the semi-final of a cup you want to get to the final.

Mike Phelan

There is no point winning the semi if you don't win the final. It's as simple as that. No one will remember a big semifinal if you lose the final, so you have to do it all again.

Brian O'Driscoll

For any dad who has two footballing sons, to have them in a semi-final and know that at least one will reach the final is the best present in the world.

Thiago Alcantara

I think finals are there to be won, you know the feeling of losing a final is really bad. I prefer to lose a semi-final, quarter-final because I know I will forget... But the feeling of losing a final stays here forever. Even if you win two, three, four, five it stays. You know, I’m too scared to lose, so I give everything to win.

Didier Drogba

Ahead of a semi-final, there is always the same buzz. You know you are very close to reaching the final, but there is no way you can relax because then you will be punished.

Paolo Maldini

You know I was a ball boy at the Italy v. Argentina semi-final in Naples in 1990 and playing in a World Cup final is something every child dreams about.

Fabio Cannavaro

In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.

Manuel Pellegrini

Always when you reach the semi-final you want to reach the final, it does not matter where or whom you are playing against.

Roberto Carlos

Being a Portsmouth fan, I was able to go to the final in 2008, when they beat Cardiff. I went to the semi-final that year as well, so that year I got to go to Wembley twice. Those are brilliant memories, as a Portsmouth fan, going there to watch them win.

Mason Mount

When my two boys were growing up and asking me about what I did and what kind of player I was I showed them all the matches from the European Championships in 1988 when we beat Germany in the semi-final and won the final against Russia.

Ronald Koeman

United should have won more than three European Cups. When you look back at some of those semi-final and quarter-final defeats, we could and should have gone on to win the competition.

Andy Cole

To be honest, I was never expecting to be in a World Cup final, a Euro final, a Champions League final, a Europa League final. I've done much more than I dreamt, and that's incredible.

Juan Mata

'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.