Top 74 Quotes & Sayings by Zinedine Zidane
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French athlete Zinedine Zidane.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem.
The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
I think Marseille is probably a place like Liverpool, very vibrant and very tough.
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.
Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
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.
It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.
I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with. Wherever I go, La Castellane is where I want to go back to.
My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
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.
The door can never be closed for good to any player.
The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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.
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.
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.
I am supposed to set an example to young players.
I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
My memories of events and games are fragmented.
Music was important. Football was the easy part.
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.
Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
To be recognised by a whole country is incredible.
It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind.
There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.
We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.
I have no message.
I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.
I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
I love Madrid.
We'll do it, we'll do it.
A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
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.
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.
Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.
Ronaldinho is total class - a very, very great player. He is quick, powerful, and has extraordinary technical qualities. He is a dribbler but is also a player who can make the play for his teammates. He's not really a No.10, a true organizer. He's more a second attacker who can score goals and has the vision to make them.
To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
I reached this level by sheer dint of hard work, toiling away at scores of tricks and experiments. I used to play with the ball from dawn till dusk and just kept practising. If I wasn't playing matches, it was trying out one on one or two against two with a tennis ball. Then I used to try aiming at certain targets. That's the only way to learn. And if I missed the target, I kept trying until I scored
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.
Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.
Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation.
I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.
Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends
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.
I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.
My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
Messi is the Mozart of football.
Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
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.
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.
Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.
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