The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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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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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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We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
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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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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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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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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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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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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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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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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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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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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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Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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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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Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.
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I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
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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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Messi is the Mozart of football.
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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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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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Music was important. Football was the easy part.
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