Zinedine Zidane has never needed to use more than the bare minimum number of words to make a point, and that was as true as ever when he announced his retirement.
It was on April 25, 2006, that the Frenchman revealed his decision to his teammates.
"I quit," Zidane said bluntly, confirming that he'd be hanging up his boots after that summer's World Cup.
There was still time left in the 2005/06 campaign, but Zidane didn't want speculation hanging over him and the club.
"I'll stop playing after the World Cup," he explained.
"It's a definitive decision and I don't want to start another season to play like this.
"It's a decision I'm taking after reflecting with maturity.
"I haven't had results for two years, and results matter at a club like Real Madrid.
"When goals aren't reached, you ask yourself questions and I don't want to start a third season knowing that I can't do better.
"I've reached an age at which it's increasingly difficult to play and I wanted to say it now so that the club can look for a replacement."
The Zidane Manual
MARCA fully covered Zidane's farewell, and even featured a report of how Zidane himself explained some of his preferred moves.
"There's nothing more difficult," he said when describing a volley, naturally reflecting on that famous strike against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League final.
When taking a ball on the chest he said, "it's necessary to position like a dancer" and that "cushioning has to be impeccable" to control an aerial ball.
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Zinedine Zidane, the best midfielder the world has ever seen, he inverted the letter "Z" in football which was later named after him, "ZIZOU". . Zidane had many skills but perhaps his single best attribute was his innate ability to instantly bring the ball under his command upon receiving it and be able to turn away from danger or into space as he wished, his pass was immaculate and set a platform for what follows. Zidane won the champions league and la liga with Real and won the ballon d'or during his playing career and his generally regarded as one of the best player to ever play the game. There are few who reached that level.