A biography for Eric Cantonahasn’t been written yet.
“My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.”
“Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.”
“Being on stage isn't so tough compared to the football pitch.”
“You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more.”
“I'm just enjoying my life at the moment.”
“Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.”
“I try to be honest.”
“My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.”
“I live to feel myself in danger.”
“I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.”
“I don't care about the past.”
“It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English.”
“I want to look forward.”
“I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.”
“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.”
“Some people need to stay at the top. They are afraid to re-start from zero because they fear the critics.”
“Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.”
“For me, I don't like it when there is too much interference in our lives. We're not children. It is our own life in our hands.”
“The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.”
“The revolution is really easy to do nowadays.”