22 Quotes by Herbert Hainer

The countdown for the soccer World Cup has already started, and we are on track to achieve extraordinary results in 2006 and later,

In the long term, this new 11-year partnership has the power to make the NBA and Adidas synonymous in basketball.

Clearly there are challenges that Reebok will solve but these were not unknown when we made our offer in August and we remain fully confident in the synergies,

But I'm not disappointed about the results (in Europe) for the first nine months, and you will see positive revenue growth here in the fourth quarter,

By combining two of the most respected and well-known brands in the worldwide sporting goods industry, the new group will benefit from a more competitive platform.

One of the purposes of the Olympic Games is to bring the nations of the world closer together, so that they can conduct an open dialogue. We [germans] should be careful about constantly imposing our values on others.

The torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games, of peace and togetherness. It's a good idea. And this idea is being misused. I believe in the Olympic ideal and in the torch that symbolizes this ideal. We should be condemning not those who have this ideal, but those who try to destroy it.

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.

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.