We are convinced that the stadiums will be completed on time and of good quality.

This partnership could not have come at a better time than when we are in the threshold of hosting the first-ever football World Cup on African soil.

I have no doubt whatsoever that the Olympic football tournaments in China will be played in perfect conditions.

We would not have decent pitches to stage the tournament on. It would be more like water polo than football.

Do not lock yourself into an egotistical and a purely (financial) accounting approach to football.

If you have two runners of equal quality, the one who's running all the time will perform better. It hurts them in terms of running, but I never expected any more. Running is their second choice. If they had to choose, they would choose the other sport. Of course, we'd like them to be full-time runners, but they are doing well.