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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEEverything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
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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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In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team. God is back, there is little left to say.
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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 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 am supposed to set an example to young players.
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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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A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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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 have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
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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.
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Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
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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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