113 Quotes by Didier Deschamps

To build experience, you have to play.

You have to live in your times.

We often compare footballers with players of the past.

What interests me principally are points.

We must condition the players. They need to get into the right frame of mind in the hours leading up the game.

Nothing is impossible. Lassana Diarra did not play for France for five years and then returned.

Brazil remains a reference to the sport.

Players like me, we did something of a thankless job. You don't show a hard tackle or stripping someone of possession in slow motion on the big screen. But if you add it all up, I was always the one that the coaches wrote down automatically on the lineup card.

Being prudent does not mean being fearful.