Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics. Eric Cantona More Quotes by Eric Cantona More Quotes From Eric Cantona 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. Eric Cantona passionsoccerpeople When I was a child I had a dream to become a football player. I always played as I played when I was a child. I tried to improve. I never dreamt of becoming a professional football player, I dreamed just to play with the best players in the best team. I never dreamed to be paid to play. I would have paid to play an FA Cup Final in front of 80,000 people in Wembley. I just tried to play the wonderful game that football is. So, I hope young players will still have this dream. Eric Cantona dreamfootballchildren When people are talking about you, it means that you exist. Eric Cantona talkingmeanpeople He who has regrets cannot look at himself in the mirror. Eric Cantona regretmirrorslooks You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent. Eric Cantona talentwantneeds I try to find different ways of expressing myself. Without that I will die. Eric Cantona differenttryingway 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 goalkeeperscareersfirsts We all seem to be about aggression and greed. It's a massive pressure that affects us all. Eric Cantona aggressiongreedpressure When times are difficult, I tell myself, 'I'm just passing through.' Eric Cantona passingspassingdifficult I see the world become so uniform. Everybody has to be the same. I like people who are different. Eric Cantona differentpeopleworld The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game. Eric Cantona realgamesfootball I always wanted to play against the best. Eric Cantona playwanted We can be eaten by techniques and forget what we have inside of us. Eric Cantona techniqueforget Ferguson, as a manager, and Ken, as a director, are very similar. One's a great manager, the other a great director, but both have a lot of humanity and a lot of humility. They always give you the energy... with Ferguson when we played a game it was like it was his first game - he's so passionate and gives you ambition every time. And Ken works the same way - they're very similar. Eric Cantona humilityambitiongames Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity. Eric Cantona authenticitysinceritychildren 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 motivationalinspirationalfootball I'm just enjoying my life at the moment. Eric Cantona enjoying-my-lifeenjoymoments We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more. Eric Cantona treasurecommonneeds A good goal is one that is important and beautiful. Eric Cantona importantgoalbeautiful I don't play against any team in particular. I play to fight against defeat. Eric Cantona teamfightingplay
