What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
I began by playing for the biggest club in the Lorraine region, went on to the biggest club in France and ended… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
Messi has all the conditions to be the best, but first he has to beat Maradona, Romario and then eventually Pele. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
If a FIFA World Cup tournament had been held every year between 1982 and 1986, France would have won two or three. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
We arrived in Argentina with a lot of injured players, including our goalkeeper. Also we were unlucky to be drawn in the… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
When I follow the finals of the European Cups, I look at all the aspects surrounding protocol, to get some ideas. I… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
The European Commission says that people who are working the country can play in the national team. Perhaps Didier Drogba can play… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
The most skillful is Thierry Henry, he has impressed me the most. He's played a great tournament(Euro '00). He has the pace… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
Footballing qualities can be developed, but Stoichkov is a player with character and inborn talent. I've seen him produce fantastic plays even… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
We arrived in Argentina with a lot of injured players, including our goalkeeper. Also we were unlucky to be drawn in the same group… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
Footballing qualities can be developed, but Stoichkov is a player with character and inborn talent. I've seen him produce fantastic plays even from impossible… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a fine player… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
In 1986, we gave it our best shot but we didn't get the run of the ball. — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
