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.
ZINEDINE ZIDANEIt’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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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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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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Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
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My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
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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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I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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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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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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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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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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Messi is the Mozart of football.
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If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is.
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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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Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
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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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