Didier Deschamps Quotes

Didier Deschamps

Profession : Businessman

Birth : October 15, 1968

Creativity is making a good pass at the right time... but it can also come from deeper, there should always be a balance.

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What interests me principally are points.

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To score three goals and not concede any is always interesting for a coach.

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There is no better lawyer than Cristiano Ronaldo.

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There is no worse situation to enter competition than losing the home opener.

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When you make your final list for the World Cup or European Championship you don't take the 23 best players, that is for sure.

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The biggest victories can lead to the greatest foolishness.

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People always want the same thing: to carry on winning.

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I don't think you just become a leader.

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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.

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When you go to a club abroad and play against one from your own country, you are part of the enemy.

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My players need to have the feeling that they've pushed themselves to their limits.

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I've always hated to lose and I continue to hate it. But I've been obliged to accept it because I also have had some crushing defeats.

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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.

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When there are hard times, the trend is to question yourself and to dig deep but when things go well you shouldn't relax and think things come easy or you need to put in less effort.

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Football is my passion.

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You can't win anything more special than a World Cup.

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My past as a player is strongly linked to the red, white and blue France shirt.

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There are a lot of things you can practise to unsettle teams that defend deep.

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I am not a very good dancer.

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