Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.
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.
Zidane is probably the best player there has been in the past 20 years ... France have recovered the best Zidane and they have progressively grown throughout this tournament.
The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum.
Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.
Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
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.
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.
My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team. God is back, there is little left to say.
If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.
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.
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.
Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
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.
I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.
If Giggs was French, Pires or myself would have been on the bench.
Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.
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.
