"Look, I've never seen a worse player than him. How he gets to the right place at the right time every time is a mystery."
- Johan Cruyff.
"The boy seems to have been born inside the D box."
- Sir Alex Ferguson.
Filippo Inzaghi, Italy's oldest World Cup scorer. The fans affectionately called him "Duchinta", because the sight of him created a tension between the goalkeepers!!
"The first time I saw Zidane was at Juventus' training ground. I ran on the empty track, worked on fitness. And, I watched Zidane's dribbling and ball skills.
One day I want to try that kind of standing dribbling. At first I fell to the ground, then I never wanted to do anything like that again.
Ancelotti helped a lot when I scored a hat-trick against Kiev in the Champions League. That day, Zidane came to me and said, 'You played great today, I wish I could play as well as you.'
I looked for a while and thought, if I play well, what if Zidane!! Zinedine was highly praised after scoring 3 goals again in the Hamburg match.
That day I asked, 'If I am a good ball player, you are unbelievable. I have never seen anyone do that with the ball.'
Zidane smiled and replied, 'We'll talk later.'
A few days later, in an ad shoot, Zidane explained, 'Philippe, what you do is not for me. You stand patiently for the ball for the whole 90 minutes. Standing at one end, you can't even catch what is happening at the other end.
If I don't have balls on my feet, I get hot. If I was allowed to play in the striking position, I might have to be admitted to a mental hospital.'
My eyes were opened from that day. I realized that each of us was born to do something specific. If you try to work outside that circle, you will never succeed.
Only one key to success is patience and perseverance. These two qualities helped me a lot to win the World Cup."