My memories of events and games are fragmented.

The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

Messi is the Mozart of football.

I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.

It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.

I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.