The door can never be closed for good to any player.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEEverything 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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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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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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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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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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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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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
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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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Messi is the Mozart of football.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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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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When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
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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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