Top 39 Quotes by Zinedine Zidane

To be recognised by a whole country is incredible.

Sometimes words are harder than blows.

Music was important. Football was the easy part.

I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.

I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.

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.

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

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

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

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