I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: 'A pretty move, for the love of God.' And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don't give a damn which team or country performs it.

There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It's the most secret kingdom in the world.

The human rainbow had been mutilated by machismo, racism, militarism and a lot of other isms, who have been terribly killing our greatness, our possible greatness, our possible beauty.

Development develops inequality.

The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing.

The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.

I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: 'A pretty move, for the love of God.' And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don't give a damn which team or country performs it.