Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI 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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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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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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Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
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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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Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.
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A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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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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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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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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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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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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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 a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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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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It doesn’t matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
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Scholes 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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