Sepp Blatter Quotes

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

— Sepp Blatter

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

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

— Sepp Blatter

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

— Sepp Blatter

“As long as you've got serious investors who wish to put money into football, I applaud. It proves that football is attractive. What upsets me, what I find scandalous, is when clubs accept fools.”

— Sepp Blatter

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.

— Sepp Blatter

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.

— Sepp Blatter

“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

What we have to do is to find a solution that the interests of the national teams are respecting the interests of the clubs. And also the clubs they shall respect the interests and the aspirations of national teams.

— Sepp Blatter

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

— Sepp Blatter

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

— Sepp Blatter

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

— Sepp Blatter

“Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once again make the effort to win the tournament. They have had good rhythm in the Premier League this season.”

— Sepp Blatter

“Because I love football and I love the footballers.”

— Sepp Blatter

“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

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

— Sepp Blatter

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

— Sepp Blatter

“It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players.”

— Sepp Blatter

“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

“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?”

— Sepp Blatter

“I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard”

— Sepp Blatter

“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

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

— Sepp Blatter

“I am the president now, the president of everybody.”

— Sepp Blatter

“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.”

— Sepp Blatter

“You cannot ask everyone to behave ethically.”

— Sepp Blatter

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

— Sepp Blatter

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

— Sepp Blatter

“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.”

— Sepp Blatter

“I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football - the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football.”

— Sepp Blatter

“We cannot allow the reputation of football and FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer,”

— Sepp Blatter

“We, or I, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it.”

— Sepp Blatter

“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

“Perhaps we could revisit the issue of World Cup Host selection for 2018/2022 as some countries feel, and we did say, they are more suitable. Russia was the only high risk location for 2018 and racial chanting is rife there but a Mr. R. Abramovich paid a significant fee to fund the voting proceedings and, not to be discriminatory, we would have to see the same thing from any England/Spain representatives wishing to have another vote.”

— Sepp Blatter

“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

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

— Sepp Blatter

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

— Sepp Blatter