For the players, these top, top, top games or these top, top, top events - like a World Cup or a European Championship - are not common but, of course, something special.
For every footballer, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or is a dream.
The World Cup is every footballer's dream.
On some occasions, it is every footballer's dream to play for the national team, but if you don't reach it, you always need to work harder to reach a higher level, a level you wouldn't reach if you didn't have this as a goal.
The goal for the top American isn't the top twenty - it's top ten, top five, number one in the world.
If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.
I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.
I work every day to improve and reach my top.
Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.
If you play for Barcelona or Ajax or for any top team or top side, they want to see the top players excel every week.
I just prepare and train to be able to stay on top as long as I can and retire on top.
If you want to reach the top, don't run over others. Likely, the only way you'll reach the top is to be carried there by others.
The Champions League is the one thing missing from my career. When I look at the history of the competition and the people that have taken part, the top, top players have all won it. For many, it is why they have been regarded as top players.
There is no top. You are never going to reach the top if you go for success. That way lies madness.
I'll continue to climb, trying to reach the top. But no one knows where the top is.
The best goal I have scored for the national team would be during the 2002 World Cup against Portugal. It was my first World Cup and my first goal in the World Cup. It was like a dream, and that's why it was so memorable.