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 ZIDANEScholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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Zidane is probably the best player there has been in the past 20 years. France have recovered the best Zidane and they have progressively grown throughout this tournament.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
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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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All of us at Juventus agreed Manchester United were the best side we met in the Champions League. They have so many talented young players and can only get better and better. Giggs is truly world class.
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A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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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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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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I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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Music was important. Football was the easy part.
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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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We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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