It's only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He's almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play.

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.

I have always said the French team is the most important thing that has happened to me. I thought deeply about it and I want to play for France again.

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

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

You can't get bored of winning. You can win 10 games in a row but you keep the same will to snatch the 11th. You always need more.

I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.