Quotes from Didier Deschamps

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

We often compare footballers with players of the past.

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

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.

He might not be very tall, but he's very useful. Kante wins balls, has great transition play, can be found everywhere, and always has solutions.

Either a player accepts competition or they say they absolutely need to play. For a player to have an open door, I have to have, at the same position, an element that is just as good or even better.

It's not just about the words you use, but the way you use them, and the message that puts over. Also your face too and the way you project your message. If you're telling the group to stay calm, be good, and you have beads of sweat dripping down your forehead, you're in trouble.

I wish Kylian to have the same career as Thierry Henry.

We can't hide from the truth.

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.

We arrived at the 2002 World Cup with two titles, very calm, well organised, maybe missing a bit of concentration. But the only truth is on the pitch. The dangers are there.

For a player or coach, there is nothing better than the World Cup.

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

A 3-0 win in the World Cup, it's never easy.

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.

For Euro 2016, we must remain humble, but we have the ambition to go as far as possible.

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.

For me, the goal is to make the most of each player, play them in the position they feel best in. And then repeat, repeat, repeat.

Sport represents a union of diversity.

I'm not immune to disciplinary problems and it's up to me to make strong choices. It's my responsibility.

Even when things are going well, there are always aspects that can be improved.

Goal-line technology is a good thing. The ref gets the signal and can decide based on that.

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.

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.