Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
The door can never be closed for good to any player.
It’s hard to explain but I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. And this desire never to stop fighting is something else I learnt in the place where I grew up.
Zidane is the master. Over the past 10 years, there’s been no-one like him, he has been the best player in the world.
We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
It’s true, pressure is something that goes with football nowadays. You need to accept it, and everything that it involves – the good and the bad.
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.
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.
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.
Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
My memories of events and games are fragmented.
I am supposed to set an example to young players.
I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
Sometimes I don’t know what takes me over during a game. Sometimes I just feel I have moved to a different place and I can make the pass, score the goal or go past my marker at will.
I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.