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