To understand Zidane’s popularity, one need only set his modesty and attention to others against the arrogance and indifference that characterize the behavior of so many other celebrities, including football players. At a time when, in France as in the rest of the world, the chasm between the elite and ordinary people has never been so wide, when the smugness of the affluent has never been so cruelly felt by the less fortunate, Zidane, a son of despised immigrants, became an international star, and yet preserved the simplicity of his origins.
人们只要将他的谦虚和他对他人的关心与其他众多的名人、包括足球选手的傲慢和无动于衷的行为相比较，就可以理解齐达内的受欢迎程度了。法国和世界其他地方精英分子和普通民众之间的差别从来没有如此之大、弱势群体残酷地感受到有钱人的沾沾自喜的时候，齐达内，一个受人鄙视的移民的儿子成为了国际明星而又保持了其本源中的纯朴。