Gianfranco Zola Quotes

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Gianfranco Zola

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 5, 1966

I went to West Ham without ever having coached and I know what that means.

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You don't have to just work on your game, you have to work on yourself. This is the last step to becoming a big, big player.

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With Jorginho it depends what type of football you want to play. If you want to play possession where you have the ball all the time and you play a lot of passes, there are not many as good as him around. If you ask Jorginho to cover 50 metres of pitch in width and get all the balls back, it's going to be difficult.

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Jorginho is not a player that has a lot of physicality and mobility but he is very intelligent and is always in the right place. If you have someone who can help him, he can make a big difference. It's just about getting the best out of him.

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Eden Hazard's definitely at the very top. He's such an unbelievable player. The more I've spent time with him the more I appreciate him as a player, but also as a boy.

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He was so influential on every aspect of my game. I promise you - I would have been another Gianfranco Zola if I hadn't trained and played with Maradona every day.

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I don't think John Terry would have been the player he was if he hadn't had Marcel Desailly or Frank Leboeuf in front of him with us at Chelsea.

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What makes you better is not playing every single game in a modest championship. What makes you better is playing 10 games in a very competitive league.

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Because of players like myself, Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne and so many others, the game in England is at such a high level.

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There is a common mistake people make. They say, 'We need to play the young English boys.' Of course, but only if they are good. How can you measure that? If they are playing with good players and if they can fit into the level of the good players. That's why, because of the level of the Premier League, England has so many talented players.

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Chelsea is a very demanding club. They need to be in the Champions League and they need to win trophies because that is what the club has been doing for some time.

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The Premier League is very competitive and you have to be prepared for that.

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Sometimes good work is done with passion, enthusiasm - presence can be as valuable as many millions of pounds.

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My love for the game is massive. That won't change.

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It's normal that you have good moments and bad moments - it is how you deal with it.

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People expect a lot from the number nine at Chelsea. They expect a lot of goals and good performances.

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It is obviously pleasing to see your name associated with La Nazionale.

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In life you have to be ambitious, you have to look forward all the time.

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I am the first one to believe that if a player is happy in what he is doing he performs much more.

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I played many times as a player in European competition and I know how it can make a player better to play those kind of games.

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