My commitment to the Olympics is not a political commitment. It's not a commitment to any particular social system or cultural idea. It is a commitment to sport.

If a team lives up to its role as favorite, it will have earned the World Cup. By the way, Adidas grew by about 30 percent in Brazil even without sponsoring the national team.

Fans today don't only care about achievement, but about good looks, good public appearance and good lifestyle.

If you want to bring the people of this world together, you have to be willing to engage with countries that do not share our [western] democratic values.

I know I play with danger every time I swim, but I need this. I’m Mer and the ocean is mine.

I'm crazy, Zed.' There, I'd admitted it.'Uh-huh. And I'm crazy too -about you.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration.

I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.

In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.

It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard to others should be compelled to condemn it in regard to himself.

Hamlet has been played by 5,000 actors, no wonder he is crazy.

There's something about watching an animal that puts you in contact with where we came from and what we're still a part of.

After all this time, I know exactly where I belong.

Our thoughts determine our age.