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.

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

I worked at the crossroads of policy and operations. I kind of bring all that experience together because homeland security is a team sport, and I've played almost every role, every player, every team.

It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended.

Sports is a bunch of people gathering around, watching something that they're not actually connected to - they're just emotionally connected.

We are essentially in the business of telling stories. We would like to think that most of our stories are basically human stories with sports as a backdrop.