Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.

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.

The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.

Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.

Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.

You have the quality of your work and the integrity with which you do it.

Lord, what music hast thou provided for Thy saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth!

The profoundest facts in the earth's history prove that the oceans have always been oceans.

There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born.

As an artist I just can't think of a better life than the one I've been blessed with. It's just a great ride.

THESE are the desolate, dark weeks when nature in its barrenness equals the stupidity of man. The year plunges into night and the heart plunges lower than night.