Quotes from Eric Cantona

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

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.

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 have a car but it's not important.

Every experience makes you a man.

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

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

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

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

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

My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan

The world that this game [football] is about: skill, heart, honor, joy, and team spirit.

I am here to remind the world that this game is about skills, heart, honor, joy, team spirit.

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

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

If someone is too perfect they won't look good. Imperfection is important.

My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.

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.

You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more.

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.

I would love him to save me a place in his team, George Best that is, not God.

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

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

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