Not very excitable, but commentary at uefa.com.

As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again.

pipes, not arbiters of content.

Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to lift others onto the top rung...We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. And most of all, we become much too passive. We overlook just how large a role we all play—and by “we” I mean society—in determining who makes it and who doesn’t.

You have to be mentally strong not to give up any points. You use your moves that stick in your mind and when you have the chance, you take advantage of that.

It's an extraordinary commentary on what the Internet can do, ... opening the crossroads around the world for communication between all people.