Sepp Blatter Quotes

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

  Sepp Blatter

  Play, Discipline, Fifa

  "Sepp Blatter interview: The FIFA president on Qatar, Brazil and billionaire owners". Interview with Philippe Auclair, www.mirror.co.uk. September 22, 2013.

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• I 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 Blatter

  Sports, Football, Thinking

  "Sepp Blatter admits Qatar World Cup error and backs winter switch" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2013.

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• We cannot constantly supervise everyone in football ...you cannot ask everyone to behave ethically.

  Sepp Blatter

  Behave, Asks

  "FIFA members reelect president Sepp Blatter amid league corruption charges". The Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2015.

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• 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.

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  Games, Competition, One Day

  "Sepp Blatter suggests that football could be played on other planets" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2014.

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• When you go into extra time, we're talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it's a tragedy.

  Sepp Blatter

  Drama, Talking, Extra Time

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

  Sepp Blatter

  Football, Greed, Fifa

  " Blatter rails against 'football's greedy'" by Timothy Sturtridge, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2005.

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• Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.

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  Slave, Footballer, Knows

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• Many people hold me ultimately responsible toward the actions and reputation of the global football community. I cannot monitor everyone all of the time.

  Sepp Blatter

  Football, People, Community

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• What matters to me more than anything is that when all of this is over, football is the winner.

  Sepp Blatter

  Football, What Matters, Matter

  "Sepp Blatter: Resignation speech in full". www.cnn.com. June 2, 2015.

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• Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?

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  Soccer, Football, Volleyball

  "Make-up and short shorts improving women's football, says Brazilian official". www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2015.

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• Any country if you go really, really in depth somewhere, the human rights are not totally respected.

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  Country, Rights, Depth

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• The World Cup must remain the number one competition, because it is our only source of money and, with that money, we can develop football in the whole world.

  Sepp Blatter

  Football, Numbers, Competition

  "Sepp Blatter interview: The FIFA president on Qatar, Brazil and billionaire owners". Interview with Philippe Auclair, www.mirror.co.uk. September 22, 2013.

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• All religions, they play football - even nowadays all girls and women have the right to play football in cultures like the Arabic countries in the Muslim they play football.

  Sepp Blatter

  Girl, Football, Country

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.

  Sepp Blatter

  Important, World, Cups

  "Sepp Blatter interview: The FIFA president on Qatar, Brazil and billionaire owners". Interview with Philippe Auclair, www.mirror.co.uk. September 22, 2013.

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• I am a mountain goat that keeps going and going and going, I cannot be stopped, I just keep going.

  Sepp Blatter

  Sports, Mountain, Goats

  "Fifa's president, Sepp Blatter, likens himself to a mountain goat". www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2015.

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• Racism is if there are spectators or, outside the field of play, there are movements to discrimination, but, on the field of play, I deny that there is racism.

  Sepp Blatter

  Play, Racism, Movement

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

  Sepp Blatter

  Team, World, Cups

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

  Sepp Blatter

  Football, Fifa, Mud

  "Fifa President: 'It Has to Stop Here and Now'". www.usatoday.com. May 28, 2015.

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• 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.

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  Football, Jobs, Effort

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• FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal.

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  Beautiful, Football, Games

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

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  Football, Team, Fans

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

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  Football, Racism, Discrimination

  "Twitter reacts angrily to Sepp Blatter's comments on racism", edition.cnn.com. November 17, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Football, Country, Stars

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I have no problem with G14. How can I oppose something that as far as I am concerned, does not exist?

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  Doe, Problem, No Problem

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

  Sepp Blatter

  Football, Impact, Important

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