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Zinedine Zidane Quotes

born 1972 France

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born June 23, 1972, in Marseille, France), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful coaches in the world.

France
Soccer players

Also known as: Zidane

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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.

It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

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.

I went along with the play and I wanted to be part of it. I sensed he was off on a dribble and he made an exceptional play, so I wanted to follow him. And then I saw the ball there, and I told myself I had to shoot it. It might be a little bit ridiculous, but it doesn't matter.

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. Music was important. Football was the easy part.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Zinedine Zidane (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.