He came up to me and said, ‘This is what football is all about, so enjoy it,’

I’ve never experienced something like that in the past,

It was kind of overwhelming, really.

You have clear alternatives. This is new. The question is how far will the candidates go to win, and will the losers accept the results?

We expected that with electoral democracy there would be a trickle down of positive effects. That did not happen.

Fox has been a disappointment. He has not been a total failure. But all of a sudden we find that some of the instruments that make democracy possible are not working.

We voted for a statesman, and we got a manager, and not a bad manager. He has, at the same time, both built and torpedoed democracy. The weakening of the presidency has helped the transition...

I knew I was going to make the kick, … Kicking into the wind might have been a problem during warm-ups, but during the game you put it out of your mind.

I think all of us were taken by surprise by the size and impact of the marches.

The challenge now is to make democratic institutions work, … That is completely different from having free and fair elections. We had a free and fair election. Now, we must make democracy work to solve...

Mexico was taken by surprise. Nobody anticipated the depth and numbers of the demonstrations. There were many doubts on how to react. . . . It’s been difficult for Mexicans to express sympathy and solidarity.

It definitely makes up for last week,

There is a degree of sympathy, but it’s mixed with remorse. We recognize their right to fight for their rights, but it’s a bit shocking to recognize that what they want is to be Americans....

There are more Mexicans dying trying to reach the [United States] now than before, and that has to do with the fact that some parts of the border are being closed and the immigrants have...