Lilian Thuram Quotes

He’s a wizard with his feet and is blessed with a gift for scoring goals. His best quality is his speed while the ball is at his feet. He may be the fastest man ever to lace up a football boot. No defender in the world can keep up with him.

When I came to Barcelona, I really liked in the dressing room that I found balanced, normal people: [Victor] Valdes, [Carles] Puyol, [AndrГ©s] Iniesta. They don’t think they are the center of the world for being football players.

I feel that right from the start the players were prepared to experience catastrophic results with comments like: ‘It’s going to be tough and we are going to need time’.

Footballers can be like artists when the mind and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he plays free jazz – everything pulls together into one intense moment that is beautiful.