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Eric quotes Dec 97: from the British GQ magazine January 98 issue
featuring an interview with Eric Cantona:

Q / A
How does it feel to be the youngest retired man in France?
"I won't say that I've stopped thinking about it, but I'm up to my neck in other things at the moment."

What did you want to do when you were little?
Be a footballer. Give a performance.

How does the thought of starting a new career make you feel?
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.
After football, did you want to start making films straight away?
Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football. There were moments - I would be daydreaming - I would imagine scenes, even if there wasn't a camera around. In my head, I was acting. It stopped me getiting bored when we went away for long periods. Instead of watching TV, I was watching the images in my head.

In football, one of your trademarks was the raised shirt collar. In films, do you think you'll also have a trademark or sign?
In football, I wore my collar up like that to hide the traces of the heavy burden I was carrying! No, I'm kidding: I was never the one saying that. But it's like the idea of tattoos for this photo - I liked it because I thought it was very powerful.

Have you noticed that people have stopped using "sporting" as a term?
It's no longer used because it no longer applies to sport. I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.

Bobby Charlton note:
"We`re just very grateful he`s here. He`s such a great player. I`m still pinching myself. A player like that only comes along once or twice in a lifetime, and you don`t leave him out or put him in the reserves. You
respect his skill. Eric is the brainiest player I`ve ever seen, he see's such a lot when he has the ball. The big thing he has given UNITED is the ability to make attacks count, not waste good positions until the
right option appears, and we now finish almost every move with an effort on goal.
The other thing is his ability to release players, even when the pass doesn`t look on. If you make the run Eric will probably get you the ball."

On Thursday, 27 November 1992, Cantona signed for United. That night, I gave the news to my father who was clinging to life in a Manchester hospital. I told him that with Eric, we would finally win the league after our 26 year wait. Those were the last words I ever spoke to my father. Later that night, he died.
Eric kept my promise, not once but four times.
Thank you Eric.
Paul Busby Manchester, England

We'll drink, a drink, a drink, to Eric the King, the King, the King,
He's the Leader of our football team,
He's the greatest French Footballer,
That the world has ever seen.

Eric the King is remarkably trendy,
He's done some modelling around town,
Wearing the best suits, up on the catwalk,
While the Leeds fans they just frown.

He once played for Marseille, but never for Arsenal,
Or Liverpool or even Man City,
Landed in Yorkshire, a terrible blunder,
That was nine months with the sheep.

He had a brief spell there, with the Leeds lot,
Until he realised that they were has-beens,
Only one way now, for Eric to go now,
To the Theatre of our Dreams.

On the feild it's almost unreal,
Some of the things that Eric does,
Supurb overhead kicks, remarkable back-flicks,
I'm sure the guy just takes the piss.

Eric is so cool, remarkably cultured,
He like good music and poetry too,
Performing the fine arts, on the field,
For the boys they call Man U.

We'll always remember that day in November,
As the time he made that special move,
Poetry in motion, the deadliest potion,
He's got nothing left to prove.

He is a legend, without any doubt,
He will reign for years to come,
We'll just stand there, in admiration,
With countless more trophies won.

We'll drink, a drink, a drink, to Eric the King, the King, the King,
He's the Leader of our football team,
He's the greatest French Footballer,
That the world has ever see.