The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.
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It’s true, pressure is something that goes with football nowadays. You need to accept it, and everything that it involves – the good and the bad.
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It’s the first time it’s happened to me and maybe the last. It’s a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can’t remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.
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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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A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
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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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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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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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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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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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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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