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Soccer player

Emmanuel Petit is a renowned French football player, born on September 22, 1970. Known for his exceptional technique, speed, and creativity, he played for top clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain, Ajax, and Manchester United during his career.

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“I'd like to be a dog. Dogs are nice. They can sleep any time, they wag their tails and on top of that they can get stroked all the time.”

Sleep Nice Dog Tails Wags

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“France is hypocritical and cowardly. I sometimes think that, having been invaded by the Germans, we'd be run better today.”

Thinking Sometimes Running Today France Cowardly Hypocritical

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“At Arsenal me and Patrick (Vieira) didn't want to face Scholes. We would avoid him.”

Want Faces Arsenal Scholes

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“Tottenham tried to sign me but I held off and came to Arsenal because Arsene Wenger was here.”

Arsenal Tottenham Wenger

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“It's sometimes difficult living in France. People are more open minded in England, and of course I'm missing England in terms of football and the passion that the fans show, they're really passionate.”

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“If I had the choice I would live in London. There are a few things I don't like about England but its just details, I don't really think about them but I really like England and I really like London.”

Ifs Thinking Choices England Details London

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“I had lots of posters on my bedroom wall of players like Zico, many Brazilian and Italian players, not many players in particular but I loved football so much and I especially loved skilful players.”

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“If you start to focus on your opponent then you see so much quality in your opponents and weaknesses in your own side. You start to put doubts in your mind. You need to respect your opponents but that's it, no more.”

Ifs Needs Mind Sides Quality Doubt Focus Weakness Opponents

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“A football team is like a company. All of the people working in a company are not supposed to love each other, but they are supposed to be professional.”

People Company Team Football Supposed To Be Love Each Other Football Team

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“When you see what is happening with the social network, with Facebook, Twitter and co it is becoming obvious that the reputation of ourselves is becoming more and more important everyday. Image is becoming too much for me, and we are living in a virtual world and sometimes it is very easy to make mistakes. It is more difficult to take responsibility for our mistakes.”

“So many people want to live their lives and their dreams through their own Facebook page or their Twitter page. They want to show every detail of their life to everyone in the world. That scares me because I don't have any Facebook page or Twitter I don't like it, I don't want it.”

People World Want Shows Dream Pages Details Scare Facebook Page

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“I want to keep my own guard, I want to keep my secrets, I want to keep my private life for me.”

Want My Own Secret Private Life

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“Footballers nowadays are controlling their image through their own Facebook page so its not the club that controls them anymore, they do what they want at anytime.”

Want Pages Clubs Footballer Facebook Page

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“People want to be connected to be everyone at anytime. They want to talk about their passions, they want to talk about their private life, they want to have the right to speak.”

People Want Passion Speak Connected Private Life

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“If you ask me can you explain the success of Facebook or Twitter, its very simple. People want to have the right to speak, people want the right to say what they feel. They don't want to wait for the question to be asked, they want to say before asking the question, they want to say everything that they feel.”

People Ifs Want Feels Asks Speak Waiting Simple Asking Ask Me

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“This is why the social networks are successful actually, because we are living in a society where people are frustrated with living their own life but in a quiet world so thats why with the internet they are creating a new world and that is why society has changed a lot in the space of 10 years.”

People World Years Social Space Successful Changed Internet Quiet Creating New World Frustrated Social Network

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“If you want to be a professional footballer, you have to respect your profession. You have to respect the people that are making you the star you are. You have to protect the passion every day.”

People Ifs Want Passion Stars Protect Everyday Profession Footballer

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“I'm convinced, that when you are a footballer you are a symbol. You have to be a superman in some ways, to send messages to people all the time, to the youth all the time.”

People Way Youth Messages Convinced Symbols Footballer

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“Being a footballer is not just about wearing the shirt and playing football on the pitch. You have to be clean, you have to do right things, you have to show courage, you have to show many many things you know. I always say that you play the same way on the pitch as you do in life.”

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“Being a coach means giving your job 200% all the time and you're family is left on the side so I don't want to risk my family anymore just because I love football. I don't feel this ambition, I'm involved in many businesses and I want to live my own life, to see my daughters grow and want to see my family happy.”

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“I don't play anymore because I can't play anymore and I retired when I was playing for Chelsea because the doctor had to cut my leg in two parts so this is why I retired. I started going to the gym recently and my knee started to hurt again, so you can imagine what it would be like if I tried to play! I play football on the beach with my daughters and my friends but that's it.”

Ifs I Can Two Play Would Be Hurt Cutting Imagine Football Daughter My Friends Doctors Legs Beach Knees My Daughter Gym Retired Because I Can Chelsea

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“You have to grow the same way that you're seeing your own kids grow.”

Way Kids Grows Seeing

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About the Author

Born: September 22, 1970
Known for: Soccer player
Quotes: 22

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