Quotes By Eric Cantona

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.

I live to feel myself in danger.

Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.

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

Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And when they no longer play football, they no longer do anything; they no longer exist, or rather they have the sensation of no longer existing.

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

It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English.

I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.

In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.

We all seem to be about aggression and greed. It's a massive pressure that affects us all.

You can feel very quickly as a prisoner of your past, of the memories.

I think life is a big game we play.

Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.

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.

My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.

Football lost its excitement for me.

Being on stage isn't so tough compared to the football pitch.

In England, your life is your life.

I don't take life so seriously... I can just play with life.

I always wanted to play against the best.

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

Every experience makes you a man.

Some films I say no to and they end up working very well, but I don't care, I just want to do something exciting.

The revolution is really easy to do nowadays.

On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment.

I apologize for nothing.

I try to be honest.

Even as a footballer, I was always being creative.

When times are difficult, I tell myself, 'I'm just passing through.'

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