A Quote by Zinedine Zidane

Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.

Zinedine Zidane

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Zinedine Zidane
French - Athlete
Born: June 23, 1972

Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis Bergkamp was playing. He seemed to be able to read the game like a chessboard and knew where a player would be several seconds later and put the ball there for him.

Marcus du Sautoy

One of the best things if you are a football player is to see the faces of the kids, when they see you and are dreaming of being like you one day. That's a big responsibility, to be a good image for those kids. A football player is more than just a football player.

Juan Mata

I consider Zidane to be an amazing player who has written football history.

Fabio Cannavaro

Football is actually pretty limited and there are only really four phases: When you have the ball yourself, when the opponent has the ball and when you win the ball or lose the ball. That is football, really, there isn't more to it.

Julian Nagelsmann

Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.

Sven-Goran Eriksson

I spoke with Zidane and he insisted that Casemiro is the player who gives Real Madrid balance. I decided to trust him and make him a starter.

Tite

I would need a book to describe Jamal Miles. He can do it all. We line him up in the slot. We bring him into the backfield. We hand the ball to him. We send him in motion and get him the ball. He throws the football. He might be the best athlete I've ever been around in my life.

Brock Osweiler

Iniesta - he is the Zinedine Zidane of the team, because he can do whatever you want him to with the ball.

Yaya Toure

Zidane is the master. Over the past 10 years, there's been no-one like him, he has been the best player in the world.

Zinedine Zidane

Zidane is probably the best player there has been in the past 20 years ... France have recovered the best Zidane and they have progressively grown throughout this tournament.

Zinedine Zidane

Being coached by Zidane? At the start it was a little difficult, I grew up watching him play. It's Zidane after all!

Casemiro

You need to just understand where the ball is and how to use your body. Timing your jump the right way is crucial. Learn how to use your body to shield the receiver and box him out, again, much like a rebound. Trying to beat a receiver to a ball can be a lot like you're posting him up. Rebounding is great practice because you can employ those skills - body position, leverage, timing - a lot more than you might in a football game or practice if the quarterback doesn't look your way.

Antonio Cromartie

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.

Marat Safin

I look more like a professional golfer than I do an NFL football player.

Case Keenum

My father always told me I like the ball more than I like playing soccer: since I was a young kid, I was always skilled with it, dribbling furniture around the house. That's how I see football - fun and dynamic - and this goes beyond me; it's a characteristic of Brazilian football.