This is primarily a communicative move, where misunderstandings can be put out of the way,

In 1954, 1974 and 1990 there were bad results prior to the tournaments and heated discussions. But we ended up being crowned world champions.

Nobody has been accused and no proceedings have been opened nor are they about to be.

We will punish persons who have manipulated football games or attempt to with every means available to the soccer federation.

I am now sixty-seven. [ALMOST thirty-one :P] To bring my voyage to a happy conclusion, I would have to resolve the misunderstandings and disagreements that I have partly described. I would need to find ways of getting many people to understand what it would be for things to matter, and of getting these people to believe that certain things really do matter. I cannot hope to do these things myself.

I kept my eyes on the road, and felt tunnel vision setting in. I wanted to talk—I wanted Weaver to explain why he fucking ignored me this past year! And I wanted him to shut up and never say another word to me.