Zidane Quotes

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

  Zinedine Zidane

  Football, Unique, Player

  Beckenbauer: Zidane es incomparable, www.emol.com. 2003.

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• 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

  Past, Player, Years

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• 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

  Team, Winning, Player

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

  Zinedine Zidane

  Player, Magnificent

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• 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

  Past, Player, Years

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• 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

  Simple, Guy, Planets

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• Like Zidane I want to inspire the kids

  Eden Hazard

  Kids, Inspire, Want

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• 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

  Cristiano Ronaldo, Player, Thinking

  "Barcelona Vs Juventus: You Can't Beat Barca at Their Own Game - Juve Must Defend and Hit Them on Counter-Attack, Says Paul Scholes". www.independent.co.uk. June 04, 2015.

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

  Yaya Toure

  Team, Iniesta, Balls

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• 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

  Judging, Ridiculous, Said

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

  Rio Ferdinand

  Player, Messi, Best Players

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• To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career...

  David Beckham

  Play, Careers, Honour

  "'This is another challenge and it is the right time'". www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2007.

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• 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

  Couple, Player, Men

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

  Nicolas Anelka

  Humble, Guy, Being The Best

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• 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

  Football, Country, Promise

  "A Political Football". news.bbc.co.uk. September 13, 2005.

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

  Zinedine Zidane

  Angel, Serial Killer, Saint

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

  Howard Wilkinson

  Running, Champion, Gazelles

  "The forgotten winners Sir Alex Ferguson left behind" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2011.

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• What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange.

  Michel Patini

  Football, Orange, Maradona

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• 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

  Hero, Player, Balls

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

  Jason McAteer

  Football, Ridiculous, Compliment

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