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"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."
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"The best thing I know between France and England is the sea."
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"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."
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"Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs."
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"France needs to find something that makes it stand out. It's not enough for it to do almost as well as its neighbors."
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"I always knew I would live in France."
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"In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke."
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"France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme."
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"I like going to France, because no one knows who I am."
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"The impressionists, Debussy, Faure, in France, did take a few steps forward."
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"For years I have been going to the South of France to cool out."
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"The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have won every single one of its qualifying matches."
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"You know, my role as Vice Chairman is a lot less tiring than playing matches every three days."
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"The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game."
Brazil

"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."
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"We arrived in Argentina with a lot of injured players, including our goalkeeper. Also we were unlucky to be drawn in the same group as the two tournament favourites Italy and Argentina."
Italy

"I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were other good players around but I think I was the best at that time."
Time

"During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus."
Experience

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

"At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home."
History

"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."
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