The country comes first, then the record book.
Essam El Hadary
We all do our best. We hope we can win.
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 have worked really hard to keep in shape.
We know football is a difficult game. Sometimes you win and lose.
As the captain of the team, my job involves more than just playing. I have to talk to the players and motivate them.
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.
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'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.
I train hard every day, I don't know what the word 'impossible' means.
Rooney is one of the best forwards in the world, if not the best.
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 appreciate Merriekh and their chairman Gamal El-Wali. I respect their supporters, players and technical staff.
We all have a loyalty to our country, we want to serve our country. It's in our nature.
Obviously, any player wants to set a record.
I did almost everything in my footballing career.
I won 37 trophies and I enjoyed some remarkable moments, such as our win over Italy at the 2009 Confederations Cup.
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.
Setting targets is very important in my life; I always have targets to fulfil.
I'm used to realising all my dreams and targets through my determination and ambition.
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.
I'm always focused on constantly developing.
I work out in the morning before I join group training sessions with the team.
I won't let anything stop me.
I have dealt with three generations of players, each one of them was different.
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.
I've got rule a that I've stuck to for many years: train as hard as you can.
We're all determined to do whatever it takes to honour the national team jersey.
When I'm sitting on the bench, I try to help the players who are out on the pitch.
I train hard, every day, not because it's my job but because I love football.
By working hard, age is just a number.
I respect Suarez and Edinson Cavani but I don't fear them.
God helped me crown my football career with a participation in the World Cup.
