Martin O'Neill Quotes

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

  Martin O'Neill

  Rely

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

  Martin O'Neill

  Football, Goal, Score

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• Anybody who is thinking of applying for the Scotland job in the next eight or nine years should go get themselves checked out by about 15 psychiatrists.

  Martin O'Neill

  Jobs, Thinking, Eight

  "Ireland's Martin O'Neill now faces battle to stop career petering out" by Ewan Murray, www.theguardian.com. June 13, 2015.

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• 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.

  Martin O'Neill

  Soccer, Football, Jobs

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• 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!

  Martin O'Neill

  Jesus, Fighting, Thinking

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• 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!

  Martin O'Neill

  Heart, Thinking, Gone

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• 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.

  Martin O'Neill

  Soccer, Football, Two

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

  Martin O'Neill

  Thinking, Class, Messi

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

  Martin O'Neill

  Soccer, Football, Player

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

  Martin O'Neill

  Goal, Annoying, Lennon

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

  Martin O'Neill

  Soccer, Football, Winning

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• Ken Bates is a football cretin.

  Martin O'Neill

  Football

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

  Martin O'Neill

  Celtic Park, Legacy, Parks

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