I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEI 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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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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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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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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When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
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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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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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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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Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He’s magical.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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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 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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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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Zidane is the master. Over the past 10 years, there’s been no-one like him, he has been the best player in the world.
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The door can never be closed for good to any player.
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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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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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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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Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
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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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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum.
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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 a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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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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