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Zinedine Zidane

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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Children Different Difficult Family Life Myself Poor Race Teaching
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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Better Simplicity Sudden Talent
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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Identity Myself Nation Proud Thinking
The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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Goodness Lost Player
To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
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Country Recognition
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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Best Class Doubt Himself Nature Player Touch
I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
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Family Forget Gratitude Growth Myself People Proud
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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Father Hard Inspirational Myself Work Give Up
I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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Decision Myself
I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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Fight Myself Need Play
Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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Important Myself Person Sports
My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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Himself Myself Sports Tough
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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Believe Game Goodness Inspirational Motivational Ourselves People Success
I don’t know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It’s a dream.
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Dream Myself Player Team World
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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Desire Explanation Fight Growth Hard Learning Play Stop
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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Difficult Dream Inspirational Play Work

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