My memories of events and games are fragmented.

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.

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?

Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

If I were to say, "Yes, I am a fascinating, erudite person," what would that say about me? I don't know.

I want to make a positive point of Ikea. It makes income inequality a minor distraction.

Love is not a victory march

One of the biggest gifts that you can give your daughter is to show her that you love what you do.

To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.

One can't even know what it means to be lost in reality. For instance, it is easy to know whether you are lost or not in the Sahara desert, but to be lost in reality! This is much more complex!

It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.