I'm well-educated person. I don't reurn the gift
Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.
I was never a prisoner to my footballing status.
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.
You know, my role as Vice Chairman is a lot less tiring than playing matches every three days.
The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past.
The street is the best way to become a good footballer.
The European Commission says that people who are working the country can play in the national team. Perhaps Didier Drogba can play for England after five years. We have to protect against that.
Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.
We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song for a very experienced side.
If a FIFA World Cup tournament had been held every year between 1982 and 1986, France would have won two or three.
For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.
When I follow the finals of the European Cups, I look at all the aspects surrounding protocol, to get some ideas. I am interested in personalities, sponsors and the stands. But as soon as the whistle goes, it's all on the pitch.
Messi has all the conditions to be the best, but first he has to beat Maradona, Romario and then eventually Pele.
In any case, you can't turn back the clock.
Some games you win, some you lose, and some you draw.
I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.
What differences were there between Maradona and Platini?
It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business.
What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.