Football is hope. To be a better human being but also hope one day, one day, to leave your country to be somewhere, let's say admired, as a football star.
Sepp BlatterI think it is high time that Europe starts to understand that we do not rule the world anymore, and that some former European imperial powers can no longer impress their will on to others in far away places, and we must accept that football has moved away from being a European and South American sport: it has become the World Sport that billions of fans are excitedly following every week, everywhere in the world.
Sepp BlatterThey (the FAI) have asked, very humbly, can't we be team No 33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that... really!
Sepp BlatterWhat matters to me more than anything is that when all of this is over, football is the winner.
Sepp Blatter