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

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.

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.

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.

I love basketball.

They're human beings before they're footballers and it's important to understand how can I help them. What do they need? How can they feel part of this? How can they feel they're improving in their career, because my job is to help them get better, play better football, earn a better contract, whatever it is.

I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.

Football is about tackling, about winning the ball.