Did I say that? Eric Cantona, footballer/actor, 42 On scoringThere is nothing more paradoxical, nor more breathtaking, than a goal in front of a crowd which is waiting for it (1993)
On the football seasonPeaks of happiness and depths of pain - just like the chain of mountains in the Alps where I am going to rest and paint (1993)
On actress Rachida Brakni, his second wifeI look at her in the eyes and I find the only mirror in which I want to look at me (2009)
On poetryI will never find any difference between Pele's pass to Carlos Alberto in the final of the 1970 World Cup and the poetry of the young Rimbaud (1993)
On the time to get in line to walk out on to the pitchBefore time is not the time; nor is it time after the time (1993)
On Nicolas SarkozyLe Pen with a mask (2005)
At the press conference after he'd kung-fu kicked a Crysial Palace spectatorWhen the seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you very much (1995)
On his early days at Montpellier FCOur mission was to interpret The Magic Flute, every Saturday (1993)
On musicWolfgang has been a great friend for many years (2008)
On philosophyI've read a lot of philosophy on Page Three of The Sun (1995)
On the after-lifeAfter his first training session in Heaven, George Best turned the head of God, who was filling in at left-back. I would love him to save me a place in his team. George Best, that is, not God (2005)
On his film careerIn football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself (2006)
On the French national coach, Henri MichelI am not far from thinking that he is a bag of **** (1998)
On his psychoanalystHe advised me not to sign for Marseilles and recommended that I should go to England (1993)
On his first game for an English team [Leeds]I stuck a fine banderille in the neck of Luton (1993)
On his favourite memoryI have a lot of good moments, but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan (2007)
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