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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANESometimes words are harder than blows.
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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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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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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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Zidane 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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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
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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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We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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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 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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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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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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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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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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Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
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Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal. So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.
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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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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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Music was important. Football was the easy part.
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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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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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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.
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