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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANESometimes 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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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.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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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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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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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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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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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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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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It’s only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He’s almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play.
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Messi is the Mozart of football.
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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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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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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 may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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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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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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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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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 have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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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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We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
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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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Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
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I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
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