“You cannot compare the way someone plays for a club and for a national...” — Robert Pires Quote

“You cannot compare the way someone plays for a club and for a national team. At a club, you spend every day with the same players. In a national team, you are with your team-mates for only a few days.”

“I never watched British television. I bought myself a satellite for French, Spanish and Portuguese TV, instead.”

“I believe one's relatives are the most important people of all, they form a protective circle around you.”

“I am a normal guy from the Black Forest, and I do not compare myself with the geniuses.”

“It's very difficult and unfair probably to compare players from different eras, because they were able to reach excellence in their time and they have to be rewarded for that.”

“First of all, Brock is a different animal. You don't compare a lion to a jaguar. We're just different animals in that aspect.”