In Spain you can't do anything. If you drive, everyone recognises you; at a restaurant you have paparazzi outside.

I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane - a humble guy who just happened to be the best.

My quenelle was very misunderstood.

For me, ever since the South Africa World Cup, the French team is part of the past.

With Chelsea... I play in blue every weekend and that's more than enough for me.

When you have been coached by Ancelotti and other greats, it's hard to be coached by Domenech!

Rooney is a good player, everybody knows his quality.

It is always good to win a game.

I have never said I wanted to leave Chelsea.

Competition brings out the best in everybody.

When you play for a team like Chelsea you will have to fight for your place.

Sometimes to rest, even to watch your team-mates from the bench, is not too bad. It is part of the game and you try to be fresh when you come on the pitch.

I know I won't be a manager, I don't want to do it, never.

I have a very English coaching philosophy.

The one thing I can tell you is that I can't stand the English press, who cause me enormous problems on a personal level.

It seems that Gerard Houllier did not appreciate my personality. It bothers him to have someone around who could stand up to him.

When I knew I had the chance to play for Liverpool I couldn't refuse it.

In your career, you can't always be at the top.

Sometimes things don't go exactly as you'd wish. You have to be mentally strong to overcome those moments.

All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place.

When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best move for me.

I have always been proud and happy to wear France's colours. I have always been respectful of the team. But I need people to prove they really want me to play.

For me the French team belongs to the past.

No player can win matches on his own.

It is my job to score goals but that is only one part of the team.

The club must come first.

The jobs of manager and director of football are too big for one individual - this I realised very quickly.

I like to walk down the street in England and just be myself but I could never do that in Spain. In Manchester I can walk down Deansgate and not be troubled.

When you live in England you can lead a normal life.

Nowhere is the same as England and that's why so many players want to come over here. That is why I would like to finish my career over here.

When I left Arsenal, it was because I had done everything there and a big club like Real Madrid wanted me and even David Beckham couldn't turn them down.

When I started to play football as far I was concerned I just played football. I didn't want all the stuff around it, the press and that.

I left for Madrid at 20 years old and I didn't really know how it would go.

It's good to experience different things.

I know my game and I know my qualities.

I know that English football and the Premier League is the best.

If you ask all the players who have played with me, they will never say anything wrong about me.

When Real Madrid want you, it is difficult to say 'No' but, when I got there, I knew I could not stay longer.

I worked hard when I played for Manchester City, Bolton, even in Fenerbahce.

I've played as a striker all my life. To play on the right or the left is always difficult.

It's always good for a player to be on the pitch.

I went to Madrid to play football but I couldn't because I was never left in peace.

I have an affinity with Algeria, because I grew up with plenty of Algerian friends in the suburbs of Paris.

Football is open to anyone, especially somebody like me who grew up in the Paris suburbs.

I would be very happy if my career ended the way it started.

People must not lose sight of the fact that football is a game. I would find it healthy that it remain so.

This is football, you always have to compete to be able to play. When you're at a big club, it's like that.

I do not need to show who I am to the people who do not know me.

I think Arsene Wenger was good for me.

When I was playing for Chelsea, it was always tough to beat Albion.