Zinedine Zidane Quotes
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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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All of us at Juventus agreed Manchester United were the best side we met in the Champions League. They have so many talented young players and can only get better and better. Giggs is truly world class
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If Giggs was French, Pires or myself would have been on the bench.
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Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
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There was huge pressure, especially before the big games. Not many people believed in us, but we believed in ourselves. We wanted to do something good and we did.
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Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
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It's only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He's almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play.
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I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.
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To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He's magical.
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Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.
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I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
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It's true, pressure is something that goes with football nowadays. You need to accept it, and everything that it involves - the good and the bad.
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Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.
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Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
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Sometimes I don't know what takes me over during a game. Sometimes I just feel I have moved to a different place and I can make the pass, score the goal or go past my marker at will.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is
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