Eric Cantona

My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

Even as a footballer, I was always being creative.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.

— Eric Cantona

Without spontaneity in any sport, you cannot succeed.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more.

— Eric Cantona

I know that I have a face, a look, people aren't used to seeing. A presence.

— Eric Cantona

When I think football, I think Manchester United. I still support United and always will. I will die with them in my…

— Eric Cantona

I play with passion and fire. I have to accept that sometimes this fire does harm.

— Eric Cantona

You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson.

— Eric Cantona

What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can…

— Eric Cantona

You are constantly battling against your own weaknesses to make a good performence.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

I don't play against a particular team. I play against the idea of losing

— Eric Cantona

The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed.

— Eric Cantona

I'm just enjoying my life at the moment.

— Eric Cantona

An artist is someone with the gift to light up a dark room.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

I like to stay at home and make cinema in my head.

— Eric Cantona

We can be eaten by techniques and forget what we have inside of us.

— Eric Cantona

When people are talking about you, it means that you exist.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

Domenech is the worst coach France have had since Louis XVI.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent.

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

I was always being creative. I could never have played a defensive role because I would have been forced to destroy the…

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

I don't need to be involved with a game watched by millions of people to be fulfilled.

— Eric Cantona

I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.

— Eric Cantona

It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their…

— Eric Cantona

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

— Eric Cantona

When you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you…

— Eric Cantona

I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.

— Eric Cantona