113 Quotes by Didier Deschamps

Competition is for everyone.

Look, I was a water carrier, I don't reject my image. I didn't have the pretension to think that I could change a match by myself.

When things are tough, French athletes tend to pull out great performances.

You can't wake up one morning and say, 'Right, now I'm going to be a leader.' I think it is something that's in you, that you're born with, and which develops. Some people have that character, that personality and it comes naturally. You can't force it. It has to be authentic and natural. Innate.

My departure from Juve remains a regret, a mistake that taught me one thing - never make an immediate decision, at the end of the season, when everyone is 'boiling.' I have paid for such an experience.