Global Participation Quotes

The Women's World Cup gives FIFA a chance, once every four years, to showcase the growth of women's soccer. It gives FIFA a highly visible opportunity to encourage countries around the globe to also support their women's programs. It gives FIFA the forum to show countries the potential of women's soccer if only you support it.

I attended a big human space flight conference in Beijing and I was going as myself. And really, there weren't any NASA astronauts there, I was the only so-called American Astronaut there. We had astronauts from most of the other countries, certainly from Russia, from France, from Japan, several other countries, but it was a little bit odd because here we are at an international gathering of a lot of astronauts and I'm talking about somewhere upwards of 30 or so astronauts, and I'm the only American. And I wasn't even there in an official capacity.

I would love to have the whole world involved and still call it Eurovision.

The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

I feel that World Cup cricket should be played like football in which all the 160 countries take part. If only a handful of countries are going to keep on playing in the World Cup without making the game popular, I will be a sad man.

Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.

China partially wants to become part of the world. By hosting the Olympics and the Expo, they made a big effort to tell people: Look, we are the same. They want to be accepted by the international community.

A truly international field, no Britons involved.

The explosion of museum exhibitions is only a mirror image of what has happened to fashion itself this millennium. With the force of technology, instant images and global participation, fashion has developed from being a passion for a few to a fascination - and an entertainment - for everybody.

We need to get involved in things that are important to other countries, just as we expect them to participate in things that are important to us.

Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity.

In the big experiments, Atlas and CMS, we have something like 3,000 scientists each, and over 60 nationalities.

The Internet Governance Forum - which brings together NGOs, government officials and companies - needs to do a better job of including representatives from Africa, Latin America, and Asia and addressing their issues.

France has always succeeded because it is part of the world.

One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community. My flight was yet another impetus to continue this female contribution.

Iran wants to join the group of countries that want to know about the biggest things, like space.

As we consider the implications of AI, there is a bright future ahead for countries that invest and participate.

The foreign players have arrived in India to give our contribution in order to improve the Indian League, to make it more smart, more well-known, more open, and also to prove our quality along with Indian players.

You have to see that cricket is developing as a sport because what's very important is you want cricket to be a global sport when it comes to participation.

The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world.

If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

Universality of the UN is a worthwhile thing in its own self because it means that every country belongs, feels it has a stake, and participates, rather than going away and finding other methods of conducting international relations.

By preventing pneumonia and other diseases, we are giving men, women and children the chance to live healthy productive lives and participate in the global economy. In doing so, we are not only enhancing their futures - we are enhancing our own.