Michel Patini Quotes

I'm well-educated person. I don't reurn the gift

What differences were there between Maradona and Platini?

At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match.

I began by playing for the biggest club in the Lorraine region, went on to the biggest club in France and ended up with the biggest in the world.

Some games you win, some you lose, and some you draw.

A football team represents a way of being, a culture.

I gave everything in my career so I have no regrets at all.

I was never a prisoner to my footballing status.

In 1986, we gave it our best shot but we didn't get the run of the ball.

For me, football is just a game, not a drama.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

In any case, you can't turn back the clock.

Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

If a FIFA World Cup tournament had been held every year between 1982 and 1986, France would have won two or three.

The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game.

I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.

The street is the best way to become a good footballer.

Whenever I was on the pitch, I always tried to win.

You know, my role as Vice Chairman is a lot less tiring than playing matches every three days.

There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public.

It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business.