Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantonais a French actor and former international footballer for the French national team. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his career at Manchester United where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth24 May 1966
CityMarseille, France
CountryFrance
I apologize for nothing.
When I was banned for nine months I had an opportunity to focus on something else and I needed to focus on something else. It's who I am. I admire Miles Davis and Chet Baker a lot and I like this instrument, so I tried and I learned and practised for two months. But I stopped after that.
Those who hate or disrespect Sir Alex Ferguson , its only because he snatched away their dreams of winning.
The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed.
Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.
I feel close to the rebelliousness of the youth here. Perhaps time will seperate us , but nobody can deny that here, behind the windows of Manchester, there is an insane love of football, of celebration and of music.
You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.
I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.
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.
I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.
My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.
The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.
After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from the 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.
Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.