Eric Cantona Quotes

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

Sea, Follow, Thrown

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

Good, Best, Moment

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.
Eric Cantona

Life, Death, Football

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.
Eric Cantona

Life, Children, Lives

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

Cannot, Himself, Regrets

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

Reality, Ways, Mystery

I didn't study; I live.
Eric Cantona

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

Game, Real, Football

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

Important, Someone, Mean

Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.
Eric Cantona

United, Anybody, Stronger

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

Good, Important, Someone

I don't care about the past.
Eric Cantona

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

Career, United, Top

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

Family, Home, Foundation

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
Eric Cantona

Children, Find, Sincerity

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

Give, Idea, Clothes

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

Win, Play, Rather

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

Different, Same, Become

Every experience makes you a man.
Eric Cantona

Experience, Makes

I didn't want really to be involved in a normal soccer club.
Eric Cantona

Normal, Soccer, Involved

I found leaving Manchester United very, very hard.
Eric Cantona

Hard, Leaving, Found

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

Team, Player, Soccer

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

Life, Strong, Sometimes

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.
Eric Cantona

Power, Through, Around

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

Football, Wanted, Playing

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Nationality: French

Born: May 24, 1966

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