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 observe the world and the people surrounding me.
I don't need to be involved with a game watched by millions of people to be fulfilled.
I know that I have a face, a look, people aren't used to seeing. A presence.
Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics.
It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their heads.
I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
I see the world become so uniform. Everybody has to be the same. I like people who are different.
I am very mistrustful of people who are constantly over intellectualising things. It kills passion. You have to allow yourself to lose control from time to time.
When people are talking about you, it means that you exist.
Socrates worked towards making people question themselves. He like to provoke self-interrogation but wasn't particularly interested in the answers that emerged; he just like to set off the thought process.
My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer it when I kicked the hooligan.
Fowler was so good at 18, and four, five years later, at 23 or 24, finished, not even for England, not even for the best teams. Finished. Completely. Out. Why?
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown in to the sea.
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.