In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.

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

One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has won the fight, and who has lost, because they do not show their emotion because it could embarrass the loser. It is unbelievable. That is why I try to teach my team politeness. It is only here in England that everybody pokes their tongue out when they win.

When you represent a club it's about values and qualities, not about passports.

You build a player like you build a house. You start with the foundations. The fundamentals.

If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.

If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much.