Cups Quote by Michel Patini

The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always…

— Michel Patini

And the '99 finals at the French - if I had won that one easily, no one would have talked about it.

— Martina Hingis

When I was growing up, we didn't qualify for the 1982 and 1986 World Cup and the 1984 Euros. And then suddenly we won…

— Marco van Basten

The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have…

— Michel Patini

I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who…

— Simon Kuper

I lost two World Cup finals - 1982 and 1986 - and from my experience, I know that time heals wounds.

— Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

By leading Les Bleus to a second triumph, 20 years after being our captain when we won the World Cup in France, Didier became…

— Marcel Desailly

Historically, squads that have won European Championships can win a World Cup.

— Deco

Belgium's 1986 team is like the Christmas movie that they bring out every single year. That World Cup is something we get to see…

— Vincent Kompany

I think I have had my story with France. Unfortunately, it's not the story I would have liked. I would have liked to have…

— Samir Nasri

Every time France has the chance of doing something big in the world of sport, it always carries it off well.

— David Trezeguet

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

— Nicolas Anelka