The source of wealth is from individuals with little or no history of interest in the game, who have happened upon football as a means of serving some hidden agenda.

Because I love football and I love the footballers.

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.

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

Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV.

There is a movement in club football, which I don't necessarily consider a prime example of solidarity, because it leads us to conclude the rich are getting richer and they are using everything in the market to create an exodus from Africa.

Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at first but the atmosphere and the fans were just fantastic.

I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends.

In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football.

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful.

When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys.

I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys.