Martin O'Neill Quotes

My youth coach told me he'd got these two great 15-year-olds. I told him I don't want to know, because by the time they're 18 I'll be dead.

Disaster is around the corner. It is, it's lurking, it's incredibly negative. Am I thinking about the bad times ahead? Jesus, no. I've got to remain positive, I'm going to fight this negativity!

Ken Bates is a football cretin.

Just when you feel like hauling him off and strangling hin, he gets some goal out of nowhere.

I've not had to ask permission from Geraldine to take the job. I'm one of the few men in this life who are not under the thumb. I'm stronger than that. Did she want me out of the house? Listen, she's wanted me out of the house for the past 27 years and has often asked me not to come back again. But I always show up, and really, she can't do without me, because I'm brilliant.

I don't think I'll ever calm down. I'm afraid that's me. Honestly, I'll just take one massive big 'woof' and I shall be gone. Heart - gone!

You cannot afford to rely on history, you have to make it.

I felt that we couldn't win the game. It was absolutely shocking.

The best thing for them to do (Ireland) is to stay at 0-0 until they score the goal.

Whatever you say about Fergus McCann, if this [Celtic Park] is the legacy, then I am absolutely delighted with it.

I think Ashley Young is world class, Id put him in a bracket with Lionel Messi and Ronaldo

Neil Lennon wasn't sent off for scoring a goal, and that's what annoys me