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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI 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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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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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 am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
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It doesn’t matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
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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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We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
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I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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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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It’s the first time it’s happened to me and maybe the last. It’s a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can’t remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.
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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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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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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 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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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
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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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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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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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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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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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Zidane is the master. Over the past 10 years, there’s been no-one like him, he has been the best player in the world.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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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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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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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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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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