Zinedine Zidane Quotes

Biography
Type: Athlete
Nationality: French
Born: June 23, 1972


A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
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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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I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
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I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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I have no message.
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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 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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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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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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It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind.
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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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Music was important. Football was the easy part.
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My passion for the game comes from the city of Marseille itself. Unfortunately I can't go back there as much I want to because I play a lot here and abroad.
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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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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To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
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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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We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
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