Mandela has played a crucial part in history. He's done some extraordinary things, not only for his country but also for the whole world.

Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends

There was huge pressure, especially before the big games. Not many people believed in us, but we believed in ourselves. We wanted to do something good and we did.

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.

If Giggs was French, Pires or myself would have been on the bench.

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

My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.