It was Tottenham at home. I thought: 'Please don't go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham are about. They are nice and tidy but we'll f****** do them.' Alex came in and said: 'Lads, it's only Tottenham.' And that was it! Brilliant!

People say I'm hard, I'm Mr Angry. I'm this, I'm that. I just want to win matches. There's no point going out there and being Mr Nice Guy. We get 55,000 at Old Trafford and I don't think they want fellas going out there and thinking: Ah, if we lose, so what?

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

United could soon overtake Arsenal as the chief threat to Chelsea, and defiant Keane vowed: We will keep fighting to the end. We are Manchester United, that is what we do.

The type of game I play, I'm going to pick injuries and suspensions, unfortunately.

People say 'go with the flow' but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish.

I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.