I take pride in the fact that people go home having felt that for 90 minutes today, life is beautiful - and that's it, basically. That's why professional football exists.

The biggest things in life have been achieved by people who, at the start, we would have judged crazy. And yet if they had not had these crazy ideas the world would have been more stupid.

As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.

Thierry Henry could take the ball in the middle of the park and score a goal that no one else in the world could score.

Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art.

When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will respond ‘I tried to win football matches.’ He will say: ‘Are you certain that’s all?’ But, well, that’s the story of my life.

We have tried to get closer to them, but we never copied anybody, we always tried to play our football