French Athlete Quotations

Your child is happy. What else could you want?

Also, for a team as strong as like ours, the Tour will always remain the biggest goal of the whole year, and personally I will certainly concentrate most of my energy on this race.

Of course, if this season turns out to be terrible for me - if I get injured again and this prevents me from reaching a satisfying level, then I could change my decision again. But at this moment, it absolutely feels like the right thing for me to continue through 2003.

Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior.

I'm very aware that to reach the same level and have the same amount of success will be extremely difficult.

Everyday there's something that reminds me why I love this sport.

We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future.

I slept like a baby the night before, because I knew that I'd win the next day.

He has a head, two arms, two legs, just as I.

So when I go home, sometimes, even when I had an amazing game, I always think about what I missed.

I kept an interested eye on the transfer window in England, which opened and closed last month, and the lack of frantic activity just goes to show the current financial state of the game right now.

The Centre is very important to me; it's about trust - about truth.

My passion for the game comes from the city of Marseille itself. Unfortunately I can't go back there as much I want to because I play a lot here and abroad.

It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind.

My family are very proud of me, but I am very proud of them and where they come from. I am proud that they come from Kabylie. It is a special place.

Nearly 30,000 fans turned out to support the tribute match and provide one of the best atmospheres at the ground for ages. I was so happy to be part of it.

I am keeping an eye on events in the Premiership, and it has been an exciting start. I am also glad to see my old club Spurs starting well.

It has been fantastic to spend quality time with my children and to really bond with them. We have been cooking, cleaning, and of course playing.

Our team bosses were so convinced we would be knocked out that they only gave us three shirts each, so we were totally free from pressure.

My other interesting adventure this week was to be a wine critic for the Observer magazine. I had to nominate six of my favourites.

Marley, I can sing half of his repertory, but the influence it had on me is more in my way of seeing the things from a strictly musical point of view.

It has simply been a time of reflection.

My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer it when I kicked the hooligan.

We had to concentrate on the beginning of the season, which was tricky because you don't know if you're going to lose your skipper.

Before it was hard to talk about certain things, especially if, like me, you came from a difficult area or an immigrant background.

I've always liked the Tottenham kit, but the new one is really beautiful and in any case it was fantastic to wear the Tottenham colours again.

This is quite an elitist film and I'm not sure that every Manchester United fan would like it. It's not an action movie that you might go to to relax.

As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind.

Cynicism is not a good energy for me.

The best thing now is to be positive about it, and hopefully the French team will resurface at the next World Cup as a force to be reckoned with.

It's impossible to predict if I can do as well as this year or not. I feel the most important thing is to be ready - to be motivated.

New York is the city which I liked. One could go to the mass Sunday to listen to gospel, to have all the exposures, and to listen to all the music.

I started off as a guest on the Wright and Bright radio show on Five Live with my old mates Ian and Mark. The banter with those two is always good.

So, all the time you always have to put yourself back to the beginning position and just try to perform when there is the next game around.

I have no intention of hanging up my boots next season, I want to carry on playing, and I have already had one or two interesting offers to consider.

In those days there was not so much pressure on us.

International football took centre stage this week, and England fans must be delighted with the two victories their team gained.

If you were bored at this race it means you don't like cycling. Me, I'm never bored because there's always something interesting going on.