Sepp Blatter:

"As long as you are in the news, you are still alive."

Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA, when speaking to a small group of business people in Zurich. He had started out as professional football player, but was not good enough. His father told him: "You will never make your money with foootball." (Blatter once said he would get 1 m. CHF from FIFA per year, but the number is questioned by many as far too low).