Though France's run was cut short by a shocking group-stage exit at the 2002 World Cup (where Zidane was injured), this golden generation achieved a place of prominence and excellence that few have reached.
Baltasar Gracian The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi, The Art & Science of Rational Eating, 1992 To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.
