"Prizes? Not interested. Lives matter more."



That's what he said when cameras caught him at the World Cup draw ceremony. The man showed up, talked ticket numbers, threw in some comments about resolving conflicts, then brushed off the FIFA Peace Prize like it was a participation trophy.

Classic move. Walk into a massive global event, make it about something bigger than soccer, then casually dismiss the recognition they're trying to hand you. The whole sequence felt very on-brand - part spectacle, part substance, all delivered with that signature directness.

Whether you see it as genuine concern or calculated messaging, it definitely shifted the conversation beyond who's playing who in 2026. The draw happened, sure. But everyone left talking about that one line instead.
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LiquidatedTwicevip
· 12-05 17:26
Here we go again? Using people's lives to gain attention—what I really want to know is how the actual money is being distributed.
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AlwaysMissingTopsvip
· 12-05 17:25
You’re really bold, just rubbing the trophy on the ground... But I’ve heard this kind of talk a lot; who can really tell if it’s genuine or just a sophisticated marketing tactic?
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ILCollectorvip
· 12-05 17:24
It's really not some Nobel Peace Prize. The guy just turns it down, that's it. I gotta respect that kind of attitude.
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WalletDivorcervip
· 12-05 17:20
This guy really held it together—just one sentence completely turned the entire awards ceremony around.
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MetaMaskVictimvip
· 12-05 17:13
This guy really doesn't care about FIFA's empty talk at all, he just went straight at them, pretty ruthless.
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NFTArtisanHQvip
· 12-05 16:57
ngl the whole "prizes don't matter" performative thing is just another layer in the meta-narrative we're all collectively authoring... like, he understood the tokenomics of attention better than the FIFA board itself lol
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