Eric Cantona

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

“I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose.”

“I don't play against a particular team. I play against the idea of losing.”

“My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.”

“He who is afraid to throw the dice will never throw a six.”

“You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.”

“I am not a man, I am Cantona.”

“The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed.”

“I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford.”

“I'm looking for a manager with a little bit of imagination.”

“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.”

“I feel close to the rebelliousness and vigour of the youth here. Perhaps time will separate us, but nobody can deny that here, behind the windows of Manchester, there is an insane love of football, of celebration and of music.”