I have always said the French team is the most important thing that has happened to me. I thought deeply about it and I want to play for France again.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEZidane 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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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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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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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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Mandela has played a crucial part in history. He’s done some extraordinary things, not only for his country but also for the whole world.
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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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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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I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.
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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 don’t know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It’s a dream.
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It’s hard to explain but I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. And this desire never to stop fighting is something else I learnt in the place where I grew 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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I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
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