Eric Cantona Quotes
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I didn't study; I live.
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My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.
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If you have only one passion in life - football - and you pursue it to the exclusion of everything else, it becomes very dangerous. When you stop doing this activity it is as though you are dying. The death of that activity is a death in itself.
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We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more.
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I don't care about the past.
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I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.
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When you arrive in England for football it's a paradise.
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The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.
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I manage a team, for beach soccer. I'm the coach. Player, coach.
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I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.
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The French have only negative things to say about everything and everyone.
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I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.
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You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more.
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Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.
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I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.
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When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
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My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.
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You can feel very quickly as a prisoner of your past, of the memories.
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I think life is a big game we play.
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Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.
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I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.
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Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason.
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I have to wear clothes but I don't like to give an idea of what I am with clothes.
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I have a car but it's not important.