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.

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.

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

Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.

There is no rural life in a countryman’s dream and there is no city life in a townsman’s dream! We often dream of the other shores, not our own shore!

Life without love is a lonely path.

She must have seen more of my charm than my strangeness tonight.

I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

If children are apparently unable to learn, we should assume that we have not as yet found the right way to teach them.

Attacking me and women who use contraception by calling us prostitutes and worse cannot silence us.

Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies.

A beautiful friendship can change people.