Top 99 Zidane Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane... a humble guy who just happened to be the best
Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
I don't have the words to express my gratitude to Zidane.
When I was smaller, I always looked up to Zidane, Messi, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo.
Zidane has been a player and knows what the players want and think.
Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.
I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane - a humble guy who just happened to be the best.
Zinedine Zidane, he was absolutely fantastic.
Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?
I think that the message Zidane has to offer will get through to the players, because he was a world-class player.
Zidane only asks that you train well and then he decides on the games we will play in.
Zidane was a leader and a strong character.
I'm not much to watch. I run, I fight, I'm not elegant like Raul, Figo, Zidane or Beckham.
I was lucky enough to play with Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo, Cristiano... but Messi is different; he makes everything look so easy, so effortless - even the impossible.
The best I've played against is Luis Figo. As for team-mates, it has to be Zinedine Zidane. He made things easier for everybody.
Zidane is a great coach. We are with him until death.
Mourinho and Zidane are very different, one could say they are opposites. But it's not like one is bad and the other is good.
Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
I have played against, but not with, Zinedine Zidane and would liked to have played with him.
Like Zidane I want to inspire the kids
Iniesta - he is the Zinedine Zidane of the team, because he can do whatever you want him to with the ball.
Zidane is very sincere, he talks to everyone face to face, and I think that the player thanks him for that.
You have to respect Zidane, he's in the history of football.
I always idolized Zidane.
I don't have to prove anything to Zidane.
Being coached by Zidane? At the start it was a little difficult, I grew up watching him play. It's Zidane after all!
It would be very good news for the Premier League if Zidane moved to England.
Zinedine Zidane knows how to deal with me.
I learned a lot from Zinedine Zidane with the national team.
For all that Zidane has done for the national team, you have to say 'Thank you and well done.'
To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career...
I'm not stupid: if I have not been a starter with Ancelotti, Benitez and Zidane, it's my fault.
I'm a fan of how Zinedine Zidane ended his career, right after a World Cup.
Of course Zidane has surprised me as a coach. I didn't know how he would do.
I consider Zidane to be an amazing player who has written football history.
The footballer I've admired most in the last ten years is Zinedine Zidane... one of those rare individuals who had the skill but also incredible vision.
Who were the best players I had ever played against? Raul, Messi, Zidane.
Lots of great players, like Zidane and Figo, are about the same age as me.
I'm not Zidane and not Rui Costa, but I have qualities - I can create assists - but I have to step up a level to become like those two.
Steve McManaman once described Zinedine Zidane as ridiculous. You can't get a higher compliment than that.
Zidane was one of the best players that I have seen. Now as a coach, I try to learn as much as possible from him. He knows a lot because he was an exceptional player.
I really liked watching Thierry Henry and Zidane, especially Henry in his Arsenal days.
With Zidane he had a lot of relationships with the players, a father-son relationship. Like a friend. Solari does the same, he is being fair to everyone.
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.
I played Zidane throughout my career, and for many players you reach a point where you learn lessons on how to handle them. But from the first match I played against him to the last, Zidane would find different ways to beat me.
Zidane is not a coach, but he is a teacher.
My footballing idol is Zinedine Zidane; he was an amazing guy on and off the field.
Zidane is a leader in the dressing room. His personality is going to make him very successful.
How do I imagine my last-ever game? Maybe I'll go out like Zidane, headbutting someone on the pitch!
Zidane has shown that he is more than a coach.
Zidane is a respectful person, he knows what he wants and we are there to obey and to the best we can. He has his sense of humor, but in the training sessions we must be serious.
Zinedine Zidane could be a champion sumo wrestler. He can run like a crab or a gazelle.
Zidane takes care of every player, and I have always tried to give my best.
In truth, there is nobody who will be able to play like Zidane.
When Zidane talks to you, you know you are being spoken to by one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He has been there and done it. You never stop learning from him.
Comparing Isco to Zidane isn't ridiculous. He is very close to Zidane in terms of ability, they have a lot of similarities. Zidane is obviously in a better position to judge, and he said Isco isn't there yet but could come close in the future.
What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.
I hope things go well with Zidane, the same as I would have said about Benitez. Because what we all want is for Real Madrid to win trophies.
What Zidane has done with Real Madrid is spectacular, but there are things I don't understand.
Better than Zidane? That is impossible! It is always good for us to hear things like that, but we have to be real. I know where I am.
