“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 was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.

I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.

My memories of events and games are fragmented.

I am supposed to set an example to young players.

Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.

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.

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

I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.

Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.

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

Messi is the Mozart of football.

Sometimes words are harder than blows.

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

We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.

Music was important. Football was the easy part.

It’s the first time it’s happened to me and maybe the last. It’s a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can’t remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.

Never bored, so I’ll never get old.

Boredom is not an illness but a symptom of an illness. Work defies boredom.

Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces.

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

At some point, everyone faces the same challenge on the journey of self-improvement: you have to fall in love with boredom.

One thing I don’t understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they’ll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.