Eric Cantona quotes

Eric Cantona is a retired French footballer and actor, celebrated for his influential role at Manchester United. His charisma, creativity, and unpredictability made him a fan favorite and a symbol of the club’s resurgence in the 1990s. He continues to inspire as both a football legend and a figure in the arts. Here are 90 of his quotes:

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's 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. View quote
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I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I feel close to the rebelliousness and vigour of the youth here. Perhaps time will separate us, but nobody can deny that here, behind the windows of Manchester, there is an insane love of football, of celebration and of music. View quote
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After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from his favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left-back. I would love him to save me a place in his team - George Best that is, not God. View quote
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My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan. View quote
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It is enjoyable to make things visible which are invisible. View quote
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I try to find different ways of expressing myself. Without that I will die. View quote
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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. (Eric Cantona)
I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win. View quote
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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. View quote
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When you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you are proud to own a Renault. View quote
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I didn't study; I live. View quote
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In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself. View quote
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Even as a footballer, I was always being creative. View quote
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Anyone who is different or is slightly out of the norm, is considered crazy. View quote
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Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football. View quote
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Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason. View quote
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You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance. (Eric Cantona)
We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title. View quote
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On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment. View quote
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I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much. View quote
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Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone. View quote
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Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona - Image
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: French Actor
Born: May 24, 1966
Quotes count: 90
Wikipedia: Eric Cantona

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