On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment.

A good goal is one that is important and beautiful.

When people are talking about you, it means that you exist.

I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.

We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title.

When I was a child I had a dream to become a football player. I always played as I played when I was a child. I tried to improve. I never dreamt of becoming a professional football player, I dreamed just to play with the best players in the best team. I never dreamed to be paid to play. I would have paid to play an FA Cup Final in front of 80,000 people in Wembley. I just tried to play the wonderful game that football is. So, I hope young players will still have this dream.