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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEWhen your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
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Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
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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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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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Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
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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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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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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 father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
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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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Messi is the Mozart of football.
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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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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
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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 must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
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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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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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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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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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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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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
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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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