Eric Cantona

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

I don't think we can be entirely happy seeing such misery around us. ”

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

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

We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Every experience makes you a man. ”

I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life. ”

I think life is a big game we play. ”