Zinedine Zidane

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.

It's the first time it's happened to me and maybe the last. It's a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can't remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.