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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.

Zinedine Zidane

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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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
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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Different Feeling Game Myself Place Willing
Messi is the Mozart of football.
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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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To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
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Country Recognition
Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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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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Children Different Difficult Family Life Myself Poor Race Teaching
My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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Game Memories Myself
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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Children Myself Remember Strange Time
I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
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Myself Place Proud
The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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Country Father Fight Important
Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.
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It doesn’t matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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Anger Best Control Himself
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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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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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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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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Country Father Fight Important
If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.
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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
Music was important. Football was the easy part.
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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
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Himself Impression Magic Play Sports
You can’t get bored of winning. You can win 10 games in a row but you keep the same will to snatch the 11th. You always need more.
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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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