Eric Cantona

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

My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.

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.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.