It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players. Sepp Blatter More Quotes by Sepp Blatter More Quotes From Sepp Blatter Fifa stands for discipline, respect, fair-play, not just on the field of play, but in our society as well. Sepp Blatter fifadisciplineplay We cannot constantly supervise everyone in football ...you cannot ask everyone to behave ethically. Sepp Blatter behaveasks Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we. Sepp Blatter fifagreedfootball When you go into extra time, we're talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it's a tragedy. Sepp Blatter extra-timetalkingdrama Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer. Sepp Blatter footballerslaveknows 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 competitionnumbersfootball What matters to me more than anything is that when all of this is over, football is the winner. Sepp Blatter what-mattersmatterfootball 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 competitionone-daygames Why is it good for football to take the excitement away from fans by overcharging them for tickets to see their team? Sepp Blatter fansteamfootball Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football. Sepp Blatter discriminationracismfootball 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 starsfootballcountry 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 girlfootballcountry 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 communityfootballpeople I am the president now, the president of everybody. Sepp Blatter president It is very important that football can see beyond religion but FIFA does not just ignore its impact. Sepp Blatter impactimportantfootball I am a mountain goat that keeps going and going and going, I cannot be stopped, I just keep going. Sepp Blatter goatsmountainsports 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 upsetfootballlong The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world. Sepp Blatter cupsimportantworld 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 issuesrussiacountry 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 wanttryingpeople
