I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEReal Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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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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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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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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Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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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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If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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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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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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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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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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Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.
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