"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."

"I didn't study; I live."

"I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood."

"I try to find different ways of expressing myself. Without that I will die."

"I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life."

"You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance."

"I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win."

"I manage a team, for beach soccer. I'm the coach. Player, coach."

"I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery."

"Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone."

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

"We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle."

"Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason."

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea."

"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."