A cartel-like group of scumbags and assaulted criminals who ocassionaly put on soccer matches.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) - Qatar World Cup
The choice of Qatar was a mistake and I take my responsibility because I was the FIFA president at the time. Qatar is a small country. Football and World Cups are for big countries.
Sepp Blatter - November 2022
Do you want a dictator as president of FIFA or a democracy? Even a 15-year-old kid knows that the only good thing about FIFA is the video game.
Sepp Blatter is a demented dictator. It makes me deeply sick just to think about Blatter being re-elected.
This organization went from being toxic, almost criminal to what it should be - an organization that cares about football. We have transformed it into a new FIFA - an organization which is synonymous with credibility, trust, integrity, equality, human rights.
Gianni Infantino - June 2019
1Telling someone about the inner workings of FIFA for the first time is a bit like showing someone "Two Girls, One Cup". You do it mainly so you can watch the horrified expression on people's faces.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) - World Cup Excitement
The only problem is, Budweiser is one of FIFA's key sponsors. And they sell a product they reflexivly insist on calling "beer".
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) - World Cup Excitement
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I am excited to see good football. When the first game starts, people won't only be talking about the problems but also about the sport.
Sepp Blatter - November 2022
We should also say that workers' rights are the responsibility for Qatar and the construction companies. It's not Fifa's responsibility but we can't turn a blind eye. This intervention can only be carried out by Qatar itself and they have confirmed they will do so.
Sepp Blatter - October 2013
Germany... a country whose idea of a bedtime story is two children being left to die in the forest, before nearly being cooked and eaten and then murdering an old woman.
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2Australia... home of every animal that seems like it should already be extinct.
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1Russia... the country that gave the world Tetris, merkins you wear on your heads, and potentially the 45th President of the United States.
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1Threatening the British by saying there will be only salt and vinegar on the table, is like threatening the French by saying there will only be wine and baguettes, or threatening the Swiss by saying there'll only be chocolate and Nazi gold.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) - Brexit II
1The NRA, a group that feels about guns, the way the rest of us feels about Nutella. A little is good, more is better and you can tell me it's bad for me all you like, but you will pry it from my cold dead hands.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) - NRA TV
1During WWII, we rushed into developing nuclear weapons, because we were trying to defeat the nazis, who - fun fact - pretty much all Americans agreed were bad at the time.
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1Australia... not just the country where Russell Crowe lives, but very much the Russell Crowe of countries.
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1Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off. Second time in 4 months they kill me.
Mino Raiola - April 2022, about false news about his death
If Mario Balotelli had Zlatan Ibrahimovic's head, Lionel Messi would have fewer Ballon d'Or awards.
Pep Guardiola, the coach, is fantastic. As a person he's an absolute zero. He's a coward, a dog.
I think Cruyff and Guardiola can go to a mental hospital together, shut up, sit there and play cards together. They would do football and Barcelona a great service.
Fake news travel quick and far.
Mino Raiola - April 2021
Some people need to talk for fear of being forgotten. Paul Scholes wouldn't recognize a leader if he was in front of Sir Winston Churchill.
Mino Raiola - August 2018
I will be world champion, my love. It is written. And I will score a goal.
Ángel Di María (as player for Argentina) - December 2022, the night before the World Cup final
It's crazy that it has happened this way. I wanted it very much. I knew God was going to give it to me, I sensed it was going to be this.
Lionel Messi - December 2022, on Argentina winning the World Cup
Argentina in dreamland! Lionel Messi sent the Lusail stadium into raptures as he held the World Cup aloft in Qatar, having guiding Argentina to glory through a nerve-wracking penalty shootout against France in one of the greatest ever finals.
(English newspaper) - December 2022, on Argentina winning the World Cup
I have very strong feelings. I can tell you that today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel a migrant worker.
Gianni Infantino (as FIFA President) - November 2022
By 2026 soccer or football will be the number one sport in this part of the world.
Gianni Infantino - Juni 2022
The member associations of Canada, Mexico and USA have been selected by the FIFA congress to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Gianni Infantino (as FIFA President) - June 2018
I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.
No son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for daddies, and kids with fake IDs.
Homer Simpson in The Simpsons - Season 8 Episode 10
3All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.
I wanted my children to be able to see me play at the World Cup.
Messi deserves to win this World Cup for all he has done for football.
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The Sun (English newspaper)
For every $1 we could raise, they'll remove one pound of plastic from the ocean. We're trying to raise $30 million by the end of the year.
Mark Rober in Jimmy Kimmel Live! - November 2021