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> [Maybe when you are eight, nine, 10 the coach can be influenced by the social level of the parents to put their kids into the team because the competition is not there. But once you reach a decent level from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/maybe-when-you-are-eight-nine-10-the-coach-can-be-influenced-by-the/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

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## More by Marcel Desailly

> [The way to win is to win together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/the-way-to-win-is-to-win-together/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [To experience playing with other big players, to be maybe a second choice. To face difficulty, a new language for his family. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/to-experience-playing-with-other-big-players-to-be-maybe-a-second/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [Honestly when you look at football when Sepp Blatter was made FIFA president in 1998, the global budget for the World Cup in France,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/honestly-when-you-look-at-football-when-sepp-blatter-was-made-fifa/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [Because he knows he has the talent to change games, you get the impression Neymar wants to be the one to do that something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/because-he-knows-he-has-the-talent-to-change-games-you-get-the/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [In 2002 we went into the first World Cup in Asia as reigning champions and we had also added the European crown in 2000,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/in-2002-we-went-into-the-first-world-cup-in-asia-as-reigning/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [This is the sort of situation I enjoy: a game in the San Siro, a huge crowd and a night for big men. Remember,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/this-is-the-sort-of-situation-i-enjoy-a-game-in-the-san-siro-a-huge/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [Giroud is the perfect team-mate and player for the France national team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/giroud-is-the-perfect-team-mate-and-player-for-the-france-national/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [As a player, Di Matteo helped build the foundations of a winning mentality that Chelsea was in need of at the time. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/as-a-player-di-matteo-helped-build-the-foundations-of-a-winning/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [Lyon is a big club, but it's not Milan, Barcelona or Chelsea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/lyon-is-a-big-club-but-it-s-not-milan-barcelona-or-chelsea/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [Smaller nations now believe in their capacity to cause problems and to challenge the traditional powers of world football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/smaller-nations-now-believe-in-their-capacity-to-cause-problems-and/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [I'm not like those who moan about having little teams at these competitions - for me that's what the World Cup is all about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/i-m-not-like-those-who-moan-about-having-little-teams-at-these/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [Ronaldo has never won anything with Portugal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/ronaldo-has-never-won-anything-with-portugal/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [To compete with Spain and France you have to copy the model that we have established in the clubs. You have to start from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/to-compete-with-spain-and-france-you-have-to-copy-the-model-that-we/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [I nearly signed for Monaco because it was a more stable club. My family were in favour of Monaco. At Marseille everything is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/i-nearly-signed-for-monaco-because-it-was-a-more-stable-club-my/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

> [I remember we had a terrible start to the 2002 World Cup, losing to Senegal when we were the reigning world and European champions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-desailly/i-remember-we-had-a-terrible-start-to-the-2002-world-cup-losing-to/)

[Marcel Desailly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-desailly/)

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