Quotes About Global

People enjoy watching sports at the weekend and watching motor racing and whatever sports, and Formula One is the number one global platform which is competing regularly - not like the Olympic Games or the World Cup - so the macro case was this is something that we should be part of because it's going to grow, and it does.

It's the only sport that's played in every country in the world. It's played and watched all over the world, it's the most popular sport in probably 90% of the countries, and then with the World Cup, you have the most viewed tournament of any sport in the world.

The World Cup is a truly International event.

The beginning of the World Cup is always a bit tough.

It cannot be a coincidence that a European team couldn't win a World Cup held in South America.

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

In a year without the World Cup, the national leagues and the Champions League have much more weight.

At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further.

It would make me a lot happier if I could meet up again next year with as many friends as possible from all over the world who I've met during my career. That's where the great opportunity lies, for me personally, in our role as World Cup host.

The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem.

I think that the World Cup is a big factor for this increased interest. I don't believe all of this is a result of just myself but also because of the others who are playing abroad.

There's nothing quite like a World Cup.

If you want to win the World Cup, you need to play against the best national teams in the world.

There is simply no better way to generate buzz for soccer in your country than having your team in the World Cup.

The beauty of the World Cup is that while thirty-two countries get to cheer for their respective teams, the event also affirms a global pluralism - it is as much a festival of cultural multiplicity as it is a competition featuring some of the best athletes in the world.

The Premier League and the World Cup are equally important to me.

The World Cup is as big as it gets.

The World Cup was the biggest thing ever for the national team, but the Champions League is the biggest thing for clubs.

I'm just the same as everyone - I can remember, growing up, watching the World Cup.

It is the dream of all the children of the world to play in the World Cup final.

If you win the Champions League, you become known across the globe, but the World Cup has always thrown up new stars and developments.

Personal vanity has no place in a World Cup.

What better example than the World Cup is there of the fact that individual people are irrelevant while impersonal structures are invariant?

The World Cup is like the Overlook Hotel: the identities of individual meat puppets might change, but the structure continues endlessly.