I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
- Eric Cantona
Own, Will, Searching, My Own
We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.
- Eric Cantona
World, Knew, Get, Champions
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.
- Eric Cantona
Competition, I Think, Con, Remains
Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
- Eric Cantona
Children, Go, Find, Authenticity
Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.
- Eric Cantona
Surprise, Career, More, Goalkeeper
My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.
- Eric Cantona
Good, Best, Prefer, Kicked
Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone.
- Eric Cantona
Think, Very, Which, Submerged
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
Going, Which, Stopped, Excite
On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment.
- Eric Cantona
Sand, Never, Take, Wicked
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.
- Eric Cantona
Through, System, Destroyed, Revolves
We can be eaten by techniques and forget what we have inside of us.
- Eric Cantona
Forget, Inside, Techniques, Eaten
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.
- Eric Cantona
Play, Other, Rather, Play Football
I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.
- Eric Cantona
Career, Always, United, Retire
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.
- Eric Cantona
Play, Desire, Still, Retire
My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.
- Eric Cantona
Ancestors, Inherited, Were, Fighters
Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.
- Eric Cantona
Stronger, World, United, Manchester
I found leaving Manchester United very, very hard.
- Eric Cantona
United, Found, Very, Manchester
Great businessmen are creators.
- Eric Cantona
Great, Creators, Businessmen
If someone is too perfect they won't look good. Imperfection is important.
- Eric Cantona
Important, Perfect, Someone, Imperfection
I manage a team, for beach soccer. I'm the coach. Player, coach.
- Eric Cantona
Beach, Team, Soccer, Manage
In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.
- Eric Cantona
Football, Yourself, Cinema, Adversary
When times are difficult, I tell myself, 'I'm just passing through.'
- Eric Cantona
Through, Tell, Times, Passing
I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.
- Eric Cantona
Want, Go, Hollywood, Terminator
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.
- Eric Cantona
Doing, Activity, Very, Everything Else
For me, I don't like it when there is too much interference in our lives. We're not children. It is our own life in our hands.
- Eric Cantona
Hands, Like, Lives, Interference
I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.
- Eric Cantona
Think, I Think, Mischief, Laugh
I'm never bored.
- Eric Cantona
Never, Bored
The French have only negative things to say about everything and everyone.
- Eric Cantona
Negative, Everyone, Only, French
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.
- Eric Cantona
Year, Some, Part, French
Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.
- Eric Cantona
Me, Revolutionary, Foremost, French
I apologize for nothing.
- Eric Cantona
Nothing, Apologize
I know that I have a face, a look, people aren't used to seeing. A presence.
- Eric Cantona
Face, Seeing, Know, Presence
A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.
- Eric Cantona
Family, Foundation, Crucial, Stable
Football lost its excitement for me.
- Eric Cantona
Football, Lost, Me, Excitement
My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.
- Eric Cantona
Mother, Father, Were, Barcelona
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
- Eric Cantona
Think, Will, Thrown, Seagull
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
- Eric Cantona
Think, Will, Thrown, Seagull
I don't think we can be entirely happy seeing such misery around us.
- Eric Cantona
Happy, Think, Seeing, Entirely
I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.
- Eric Cantona
Game, Started, Very, Monte
The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.
- Eric Cantona
Game, Come, Working Class, Class
I try to be honest.
- Eric Cantona
Honest, Try, To Be Honest
It is enjoyable to make things visible which are invisible.
- Eric Cantona
Visible, Things, Which, Enjoyable
Being on stage isn't so tough compared to the football pitch.
- Eric Cantona
Football, Stage, Being, Compared
It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their heads.
- Eric Cantona
Roof, Over, Sacrifices, Heads
You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.
- Eric Cantona
Performance, Lose, Too, Cinema
I like to stay at home and make cinema in my head.
- Eric Cantona
Head, Like, Make, Cinema
We all seem to be about aggression and greed. It's a massive pressure that affects us all.
- Eric Cantona
Greed, About, Massive, Aggression
Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics.
- Eric Cantona
People, Need, Some, Some People
You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent.
- Eric Cantona
Talent, Want, Need, Particular
I have to wear clothes but I don't like to give an idea of what I am with clothes.
- Eric Cantona
I Am, Give, Like, Clothes
I have great memories.
- Eric Cantona
Great, Memories, Great Memories
When you arrive in England for football it's a paradise.
- Eric Cantona
Football, England, Arrive, Paradise
I don't need to be involved with a game watched by millions of people to be fulfilled.
- Eric Cantona
Game, Need, Involved, Watched
I try to find different ways of expressing myself. Without that I will die.
- Eric Cantona
Die, Will, Ways, Expressing
I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life.
- Eric Cantona
Proud, Built, Achieved, Memories
You can feel very quickly as a prisoner of your past, of the memories.
- Eric Cantona
Past, Very, Quickly, Memories
I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.
- Eric Cantona
Movies, Think, Better, One Or Two
Even as a footballer, I was always being creative.
- Eric Cantona
Always, Being, Even, Footballer
I didn't want really to be involved in a normal soccer club.
- Eric Cantona
Soccer, Normal, Involved, Club
I don't take life so seriously... I can just play with life.
- Eric Cantona
Play, Just, Take, Seriously
I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
- Eric Cantona
Admire, Sometimes, Like, Photograph
Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.
- Eric Cantona
Act, Still, Actually, Football
It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English.
- Eric Cantona
Want, Country, I Was Born, France
I observe the world and the people surrounding me.
- Eric Cantona
Me, World, Surrounding, Observe
I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.
- Eric Cantona
Play, Rather, Prefer, Advance
I see the world become so uniform. Everybody has to be the same. I like people who are different.
- Eric Cantona
Like, I See, Everybody, Uniform
The revolution is really easy to do nowadays.
- Eric Cantona
Revolution, Easy, Really, Nowadays
I don't know where my medals are.
- Eric Cantona
Know, Where, Medals
Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason.
- Eric Cantona
Think, Reason, Which, Emotion
We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more.
- Eric Cantona
Common, More, Need, Treasure
I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.
- Eric Cantona
Lucky, Want, Able, Privilege
I'm just enjoying my life at the moment.
- Eric Cantona
Life, My Life, Just, Enjoying
He who has regrets cannot look at himself in the mirror.
- Eric Cantona
Mirror, Regrets, Cannot, Himself
In England, your life is your life.
- Eric Cantona
Life, Your, England
Some films I say no to and they end up working very well, but I don't care, I just want to do something exciting.
- Eric Cantona
Some, Very, Films, Exciting
I live to feel myself in danger.
- Eric Cantona
Myself, Live, Feel, Danger
Desire is important.
- Eric Cantona
Important, Desire
I didn't study; I live.
- Eric Cantona
Live, Study
I don't want to go to Hollywood.
- Eric Cantona
Want, Go, Hollywood
I want to look forward.
- Eric Cantona
Look, Want, Forward
I think life is a big game we play.
- Eric Cantona
Play, Think, Big, Life Is A
I don't care about the past.
- Eric Cantona
Care, About, Past
I always knew I had to work hard.
- Eric Cantona
Work, Always, Knew, Work Hard
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