Thuram Quotes

#1. I love Koscielny, I've seen him a lot. He has good leg speed, which reminds me of Lilian [Thuram]. The last time we spoke I told him to work hard and he'll become one of the best defenders in the world. He's at the standard of a Vidic or Pique. I mean that sincerely.

Marcel Desailly

#2. When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

#3. I fear that CAFTA will accelerate the demise of these domestic textile jobs.

Howard Coble

#4. When I came to Barcelona, I really liked in the dressing room that I found balanced, normal people: Valdes, Puyol, Iniesta. They don't think they are the center of the world for being football players.

Lilian Thuram

#5. Disease cannot live in a body that's in a healthy emotional state.

Bob Proctor

#6. The vast majority of writers out there, they finish their books, and no one cares whether their book is late or ever comes out at all. And then it comes out, and two reviews are published, and it sells 12 copies.

George R R Martin

#7. There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they work in the same way as men.

Lucy Walker

#8. These things were in my mind from the first moment I entered the vocal booth. The gratitude I had for rock and roll as it pulled me through a difficult adolescence. The joy I experienced when I danced. The moral power I gleaned in taking responsibility for one's action.
Patti Smith

Patti Smith

#9. Footballers can be like artists when the mind and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he plays free jazz - everything pulls together into one intense moment that is beautiful.

Lilian Thuram

#10. He's a wizard with his feet and is blessed with a gift for scoring goals. His best quality is his speed while the ball is at his feet. He may be the fastest man ever to lace up a football boot. No defender in the world can keep up with him.

Lilian Thuram

#11. Life is before you,- not earthly life alone, but life- a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity.

J.G. Holland

#12. 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'.

Lilian Thuram

#13. Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.

John Wooden

#14. I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Kurt Cobain

#15. I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.

Louis Armstrong