Zinedine Zidane quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.
- 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

It will be a physical encounter but we must not respond in kind.
- 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 practicing. 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

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

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

Sometimes words are harder than blows.
- 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’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.
- Zinedine Zidane

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

My passion for the game comes from the city of Marseille itself.
- Zinedine Zidane

It doesn’t matter how many times you win an award; it is always very special.
- Zinedine Zidane

I am supposed to set an example to young players.
- 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

A Mediterranean city is really my culture.
- 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

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

The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
- 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

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

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