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.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

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

If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.

When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.

You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.

Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.