I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.

I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.

Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.

Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.

Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends

Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.

Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.

Be an ocean of peace

No-wher so bisy a man as he ter nas And yet he semed bisier that he was.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

Say not 'Good-night' but in some brighter clime, bid me 'Good-morning.'

Biological age is the key component of the aging process.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

You realize who you're in love with is fading fast. You don't know what to do, but in that period time moves so slowly.

Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.