Best quotes by Robert Pires on Football
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‟ In England, football is a religion. In France, football is not a religion. It's wine and food.
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‟ When one is small, one always looks up at someone. To me, it was my father, Antonio, a former amateur football player. He was a striker of great talent. He has always been a role-model.
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‟ I started playing with my dad, and football was my dream forever. Step by step, I learnt a lot. I worked really hard, and finally when I was eighteen, I signed my first professional contract.
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‟ If you play in France, Spain or Italy it is not the same football, especially when you play in England. Every game is very difficult.
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‟ It's very tough in the U.K. For me, it was totally different. English football and French football are not the same.
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‟ I never expected to adapt so quickly, but if you are a foreigner it's up to you to adapt to English football because you can't change it. I think I've achieved something in the way I adapted.
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‟ People think this is easy to be a football player. They only see the summit but they don't see the ascent, which is far longer and tougher than the career peaks. And there are so few of us to reach the summits. Some might earn €305,000 per month but there are a lot more for whom life is hell.
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‟ It's never easy to switch from one football to another one, from one culture, one language to a new one.
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