Quotes & Sayings About Fifa

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

The adidas +Challenge is a really cool opportunity for kids here in Los Angeles and across the country to get excited for the FIFA World Cup this summer. As a big fan of soccer, Im looking forward to seeing the 32 youth teams compete for the title of Team USA and represent our country at the global finals in Berlin. — Luke Wilson

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. — Sepp Blatter

Yorkie has officially retired about 5 times ... The man's a clown ... People are going on about the game and agents and directors of football and managers losing their jobs, but we should be worried about people like him ... Clowns. That's the last time I'm going to say clown ... If he's the vice-president of FIFA, God help us all. — Roy Keane

I recently talked to an eighteen-year-old - a huge FIFA fan - and realized that he spends more time playing the FIFA video game than he does watching actual FIFA games. — Malcolm Gladwell

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

As FIFA leaked information to the media, portraying me as an unethical person, I felt I was left naked, helpless to defend myself, as they repeatedly cut me with a sharp knife. — Chung Mong-joon

The end goal is to become FIFA Women's Player of the Year. — Carli Lloyd

I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right. — Abby Wambach

It's got to be harder in real life to win a World Cup. But depending on if you play World Class level on FIFA, it's going to be difficult to win in the video game, too. — Landon Donovan

It's pretty cool I'm known for FIFA. If you think of KSI, people instantly think, 'Ah, that FIFA YouTuber.' I didn't think I would be up there as the ambassador of FIFA on YouTube, but I'll take it. — KSI

The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space. — Vladimir Putin

There is no systematic corruption in FIFA. That is nonsense. We are financially clean and clear. — Sepp Blatter

I usually dig the single-digit numbers, but No2 is retired. I'm going to change it up and wear No10. I'm going to wear it for Messi, my favourite soccer player. I've been playing a lot of FIFA lately and watching the games. He's the best little guy to do it and I've got to be the best little guy to do it at No10 in the NBA. That's my goal. — Nate Robinson

If I can join hands with FIFA and other continental bodies to promote football globally, then I can do more than that to raise African football to new heights. — Roger Milla

This is my first FIFA Women's World Cup . For me, to see how I have reacted to this tournament ... I'm totally in. — Alexi Lalas

When I'm not working out, playing football or working with Vita Coco, I'm a video game nerd. I love playing video games. I'm really good at FIFA. I'm not one of those guys that uses Barcelona or Real Madrid to win. My skills are real, so I don't need a loaded team to dominate. You don't want to play me in FIFA. — Giovani Bernard

Rob Green needed to get the long barrier out, didn't he? — James Anderson

If a FIFA World Cup tournament had been held every year between 1982 and 1986, France would have won two or three. — Michel Patini

I Don't Care About FIFA. This is bullshit. — Cristiano Ronaldo

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

For the record, the vuvuzela is not my enemy - and I even have, for reasons of self-defence installed a mini-vuvu with surprisingly powerful performance levels around my neck - though I miss hearing the crescendo of noise from the crowd that should accompany a promising attack on goal or a goal itself. Instead, of course, there is the monotone drone - a constant that belies the ebbs and flows of a game. — Richard Calland

I and others on FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with selection of South Africa as host nation. — Bryan Swanson

I care about football, so what Im seeing regarding the image of FIFA, not only now but in the past years, I dont like it, — Luis Figo

I'm now a brand. Like, KSI is a brand. It's crazy that it all came from me sitting in my bedroom just making a few FIFA videos. — KSI

Officials from the soccer organization FIFA, which decides which cities get to host the World Cup, are accused of accepting bribes when making their decision. Of course the toughest part for the soccer officials was taking bribes without using their hands. — Jimmy Fallon

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold. — Abby Wambach

FIFA should show the world that it is truly a global organisation. — Chung Mong-joon

I know that, as captain, you are in a privileged position and must always abide by Fifa's code of fair play, something which I have always done throughout my career. — David Beckham

There's a myth that free-to-play is cheaper than a $60 game. It's just elastic. For some users, it winds up being a lot more expensive. I would have paid $150 a year to get a better version of FIFA. — Mitch Lasky

The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO. — Pele

Fifa, Star Wars, Need for Speed, NBA, Ratchet and Clank. Of — Kate Cullen

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. — Sepp Blatter

FIFA is a vuvuzela. It's in your ear, but you don't want to hear it, and then eventually it goes away. — George Vecsey

Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that it was a mistake for me not being there I would take the same decision because the personal situation has higher priority than a workshop. — Jurgen Klinsmann

I love playing FIFA on my PlayStation! — Tiesto

I feel very privileged to be asked to be featured in another FIFA Soccer release, ... The game gives me the opportunity to play the matches I want to play every day of the week
even while away from the field. — Ronaldinho

They might have beaten us at our national sport, but we managed to beat them at their national sport twice in the 20th century. [Replying to Kenneth Clarke, who said, "Isn't it terrible about losing to the Germans at our national sport?" when England lost to Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Semi-final.] — Margaret Thatcher

Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more influential than any country on Earth and any religion. We move masses. We want to use that to create more peace, justice and health in the world. — Pope Francis

We cannot allow the reputation of football and FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer, — Sepp Blatter

I would say, in a year, I spend maybe half of that playing FIFA. I love it that much. — KSI

As someone who loves football, I will continue to speak out frankly about FIFA's problems. — Chung Mong-joon

I thank God for all the victories and conquests I've had this year as a player and I bring to the altar two prizes. This is first my son who is about to be born. The other is my trophy from Fifa, which I want to dedicate to God. — Kaka