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 ZIDANEMy 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’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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The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
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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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I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
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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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A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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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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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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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 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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We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
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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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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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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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