You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more.
I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
If you have only one passion in life - football - and you pursue it to the exclusion of everything else, it becomes very dangerous. When you stop doing this activity it is as though you are dying. The death of that activity is a death in itself.
Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.
My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.
I have great memories.
We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title.
For me, I don't like it when there is too much interference in our lives. We're not children. It is our own life in our hands.
I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.
Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.
I found leaving Manchester United very, very hard.
I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.
What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can be destroyed through the banks.
The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone.
I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.
