Quotes About Zidane

I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.

Lots of great players, like Zidane and Figo, are about the same age as me.

Zidane has shown that he is more than a coach.

Give me Zidane and 10 planks of wood and I'll win you the Champions League.

Zidane the player made me dream and still makes me dream when I watch videos of him. The coach is completely different, he is a great coach who has quickly achieved results and continues to develop.

As a kid, I looked up to Gazza, and to Wayne Rooney because he came through at Everton. Zidane has been one of my favourite players and I was always watching videos of him.

Being coached by Zidane? At the start it was a little difficult, I grew up watching him play. It's Zidane after all!

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.

Zidane is very sincere, he talks to everyone face to face, and I think that the player thanks him for that.

I will always be grateful to Zidane. In every moment he was with me, in the good times we enjoyed together, he gave me advice and he always welcomed me with a smile.

For all that Zidane has done for the national team, you have to say 'Thank you and well done.'

It would be very good news for the Premier League if Zidane moved to England.

I have decided to come back for Les Bleus.

I was a young player at Real, but working with players like Zidane and Beckham every day taught me such a lot: how you win and lose as a team and how you must respect your team-mates.

Zidane is a Real Madrid legend. He teaches us things in every training session - even just by playing with us.

Zinedine Zidane, he was absolutely fantastic.

Zidane has tried to get me to improve. Anticipating, reading the play, putting myself in the defensive balance, I know how to do all this. So he expects the same finesse in an attacking sense.

I really admire Zinedine Zidane and Frank Lampard. They are really skilful, and I like the way they shoot from distance.

I decided to return because of Zidane. One day Zizou called me and asked if I'd be prepared to play for France again. I just laughed because I thought it was a wind up.

You cannot underestimate Zidane's achievement of winning the Champions League three times in a row - it must have taken superb skills to motivate the likes of Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema et al to have the desire to become serial Champions League winners.

You have to respect Zidane, he's in the history of football.

I've liked Real Madrid since the days when Zidane, the Brazilian Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, and Fernando Hierro were around. I've been following them religiously since then.

I don't have the words to express my gratitude to Zidane.

Zidane is a very great player, a very calm player.