15 Quotes by Lilian Thuram

I have decided to quit 'Les Bleus'. I'm 32. I know I have already given France the best I could give,

We are tired. Tired - but beyond the sporting aspect, there's something more important.

Some people will never learn, and that is the reason for which FIFA must intervene so as to return sanity to the game and keep these people away from the stadiums.

It's getting a little bit better every day, ... I hope it will be OK for Wednesday. For now, it's too early to say.

I had no intention of returning for France and he knew it.

I'm now in a position where I would have answered a call-up only to get one more cap. That's not like me. I'm quitting Les Bleus but I'm not ending my playing career,

He told me that his salute belonged to ancient Rome.

To be a father is not simply to bring a child into this world. It is to take care of that child and to give him direction and guidance. It's my mother who always did this for me. I'm surprised that today, because of the World Cup and because the cameras are on my father, that he puts on that jersey and speaks of his son. It's not going to change things because of a World Cup.

I feel that right from the start the players were prepared to experience catastrophic results with comments like: 'It's going to be tough and we are going to need time'.