The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.
More Zinedine Zidane Quotes
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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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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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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 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.
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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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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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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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You can’t get bored of winning. You can win 10 games in a row but you keep the same will to snatch the 11th. You always need more.
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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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Messi is the Mozart of football.
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We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
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You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.
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