Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.

When you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you are proud to own a Renault.

I don't play against a particular team. I play against the idea of losing

Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.

We all seem to be about aggression and greed. It's a massive pressure that affects us all.

I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.

I play with passion and fire. I have to accept that sometimes this fire does harm.