Quotes By Eric Cantona

My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.

I observe the world and the people surrounding me.

I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.

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.

I'm never bored.

It is enjoyable to make things visible which are invisible.

Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics.

I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.

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

We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.

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.

I live to feel myself in danger.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I think life is a big game we play.

Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.

Football lost its excitement for me.

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

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