Quotes & Sayings About Zidane

He is the best. The best in the world, yes. Probably the best ever. I saw Maradona a couple of times. I never saw Pele. But Cristiano is amazing. This man is the best ... Cristiano is a goals machine. He is an incredible player. He is like Zidane, there will never be another Ronaldo. — Jose Mourinho

The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum. — Zinedine Zidane

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

Mandela has played a crucial part in history. He's done some extraordinary things, not only for his country but also for the whole world. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind. — Zinedine Zidane

Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football. — Zinedine Zidane

Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation. — Zinedine Zidane

Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back. — Zinedine Zidane

I think Marseille is probably a place like Liverpool, very vibrant and very tough. — Zinedine Zidane

I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane ... a humble guy who just happened to be the best — Nicolas Anelka

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. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

When your own fans whistle and jeer, then you have a big problem. — Zinedine Zidane

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

We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game. — Zinedine Zidane

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet — Zinedine Zidane

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

Who were the best players I had ever played against? Raul, Messi, Zidane. — Rio Ferdinand

Like Zidane I want to inspire the kids — Eden Hazard

And there it was. That slight lisp. That awful accent. That funny face that made him ache. Charlie wasn't just a cheat. He was a liar as well. Because Violette Zidane wasn't just the girl he was shagging, like he told the cop. She sort of owned his heart a little. Kind of a lot. — Melina Marchetta

My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian. — Zinedine Zidane

Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements. — Zinedine Zidane

It's not that difficult to play well and win titles in a team like Barcelona, but it's in the national side where you see a player's true class. That was the case with figures like Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane. With Spain, Iniesta has shown that he is among the best players of all time and that's why I rate him higher than Messi or Ronaldo. Even though the latter two have incredible scoring records for their clubs, they still haven't won anything with Argentina or Portugal respectively. — Boris Becker

I have decided to come back for Les Bleus. — Zinedine Zidane

It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

Sometimes words are harder than blows. — Zinedine Zidane

If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want. — 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

Ronaldo was my hero. I loved watching players like Zidane, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo, but Ronaldo was the best striker I've ever seen. He was so fast he could score from nothing and could shoot the ball better than anyone I've ever seen. — Lionel Messi

You don't need a reason to help people. — Zinedine Zidane

Music was important. Football was the easy part. — Zinedine Zidane

Messi is the Mozart of football. — Zinedine Zidane

To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. — Zinedine Zidane

It's very sad that Tanzania is a poor football country. If elected, I promise to put this country on the world football map. I will make sure we produce our own Okochas, El Hadji Dioufs and Zinedine Zidanes here. — Jakaya Kikwete

I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it. — Zinedine Zidane

I have no message. — Zinedine Zidane

I have always said the French team is the most important thing that has happened to me. I thought deeply about it and I want to play for France again. — Zinedine Zidane

Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game. — Zinedine Zidane

I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi. — Paul Scholes

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. — Zinedine Zidane

I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

It's only natural to want to select your best players and there is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He's almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play. — Zinedine Zidane

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

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. — Zinedine Zidane

My memories of events and games are fragmented. — Zinedine Zidane

Steve McManaman once described Zinedine Zidane as ridiculous. You can't get a higher compliment than that. — Jason McAteer

To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career — David Beckham

Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person. — Zinedine Zidane

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts. — Zinedine Zidane

Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple. — Zinedine Zidane

We'll do it, we'll do it. — Zinedine Zidane

I am supposed to set an example to young players. — Zinedine Zidane

The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country. — Zinedine Zidane

If Zizou kept his temper, he would not be the genius that he is — Zinedine Zidane

Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer. — Zinedine Zidane

Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world. — Zinedine Zidane

I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille. — Zinedine Zidane

A Mediterranean city is really my culture. — Zinedine Zidane

In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team. God is back, there is little left to say. — Zinedine Zidane

All of us at Juventus agreed Manchester United were the best side we met in the Champions League. They have so many talented young players and can only get better and better. Giggs is truly world class — Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane could be a champion sumo wrestler. He can run like a crab or a gazelle. — Howard Wilkinson

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. — Zinedine Zidane

The door can never be closed for good to any player. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Carlo Ancelotti

The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end. — Zinedine Zidane

What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange. — Michel Patini

Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player. — Zinedine Zidane

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 — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder. — Zinedine Zidane

Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He's magical. — Zinedine Zidane

There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak. — Zinedine Zidane

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. — Zinedine Zidane

If Giggs was French, Pires or myself would have been on the bench. — Zinedine Zidane

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