They (the FAI) have asked, very humbly, can't we be team No 33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that... really!

FIFA stands for discipline, respect, fair-play, not just on the field of play, but in our society as well.

What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world. It makes all of the efforts and energy I pour into this job worth it.

Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.

Why is it good for football to take the excitement away from fans by overcharging them for tickets to see their team?

We shall wonder if one day our game is played on another planet? Why not? Then we will have not only a World Cup we will have inter-planetary competitions.

We cannot allow the reputation of football and FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer.

Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football.

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.

It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players.

It is very important that football can see beyond religion but FIFA does not just ignore its impact.

You made me feel worthwhile…. like for once it mattered if I was here or not because I actually meant something to someone…. because I meant something to you. I miss that feeling.

There is no life without change. The real tragedy is that we are always fearful of change and resist it vehemently.

With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head.

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.

Everything sings, the whole universe and all the other universes. It's in our genes, see, not just in our ears.

We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen's privacy begins.

The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace... The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.

Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white.

She eyes me like a pisces.

I'm telling you, I wanted to. But I was trapped. You of all people should know what it's like being caught between groups