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1. "At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match." ~ Michel Patini

2. "What differences were there between Maradona and Platini?" ~ Michel Patini

3. "We arrived in Argentina with a lot of injured players, including our goalkeeper. Also we were unlucky to be drawn in the same group as the two tournament favourites Italy and Argentina." ~ Michel Patini

4. "For me, football is just a game, not a drama." ~ Michel Patini

5. "I was never a prisoner to my footballing status." ~ Michel Patini

6. "In 1986, we gave it our best shot but we didn't get the run of the ball." ~ Michel Patini

7. "Some games you win, some you lose, and some you draw." ~ Michel Patini

8. "The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game." ~ Michel Patini

9. "There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public." ~ Michel Patini

10. "Whenever I was on the pitch, I always tried to win." ~ Michel Patini

11. "You know, my role as Vice Chairman is a lot less tiring than playing matches every three days." ~ Michel Patini

12. "At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home." ~ Michel Patini

13. "Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals." ~ Michel Patini

14. "During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus." ~ Michel Patini

15. "I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were other good players around but I think I was the best at that time." ~ Michel Patini

16. "The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past." ~ Michel Patini

17. "We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song for a very experienced side." ~ Michel Patini

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The best Armour of Old Age is a well spent life preceding it; a Life employed in the Pursuit of useful Knowledge, in honourable Actions and the Practice of Virtue; in which he who labours to improve himself from his Youth, will in Age reap the happiest Fruits of them; not only because these never leave a Man, not even in the extremest Old Age; but because a Conscience bearing Witness that our Life was well-spent, together with the Remembrance of past good Actions, yields an unspeakable Comfort to the Soul"
Author: Cicero