Eric Cantona Quotes

Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.

Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.

What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can be destroyed through the banks.

Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason.

I see the world become so uniform. Everybody has to be the same. I like people who are different.

I manage a team, for beach soccer. I'm the coach. Player, coach.

I found leaving Manchester United very, very hard.

I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.

Every experience makes you a man.

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.

I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.

I have to wear clothes but I don't like to give an idea of what I am with clothes.

Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.

If someone is too perfect they won't look good. Imperfection is important.

I don't care about the past.

I didn't study; I live.

I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.

He who has regrets cannot look at himself in the mirror.

The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.

Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone.

For me, I don't like it when there is too much interference in our lives. We're not children. It is our own life in our hands.

My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.

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.

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.