Quotes [from BBC] After Ghana Beat USA to qualify
- "It feels like a dream! It feels just like a dream, I don't want to wake up! This is simply magic! It's fantastic!"
- "I think I'm going to die. I want to die. I'm ready to dieeee!" a young taxi driver shouted as he leapt out of his car, abandoned it in the middle of the road and ran in circles.
- "I can't believe this!" screamed Richard Apedonu, a telecom company office manager.
- "I am proud to be Ghanaian! This is a good time to be Ghanaian," yelled a bespectacled man.
"Ghana ye ye buei" -roasted-plantain vendor
- "I want to have Stephen Appiah's child" -woman
- "Brazil? Who is Brazil?" questioned one man, holding an empty beer bottle in one hand and a freshly-opened one in the other.
- "Haven't you heard the story of David and Goliath?" another man chipped in.
- "I am so proud. I think the boys have played very well. We are the first African team here to win twice and score two goals in a game." - Abedi Pele