As soon as I hit the ball, I know if it's in.

Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?

To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career...

I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.

I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do.

Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school.

He was a quiet man, Eric Cantona, but he was a man of few words.