I 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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEZidane 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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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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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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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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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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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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Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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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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To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
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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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You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.
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Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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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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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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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
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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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We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
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Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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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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Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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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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Music was important. Football was the easy part.
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