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

Sometimes words are harder than blows.

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

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.

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.

Messi is the Mozart of football.

Music was important. Football was the easy part.