--- title: "2 Delighted Quotes By Martin O'Neill" description: "2 Delighted quotes by Martin O'Neill. Plus more from Martin O'Neill and more Delighted sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/martin-o-neill-9898_born_i-m-delighted-that-i-was-born-in-ulster_2488183.jpg" --- > [I'm delighted that I was born in Ulster rather than anywhere else in Ireland and I've certainly not lost my identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/i-m-delighted-that-i-was-born-in-ulster-rather-than-anywhere-else-in/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/martin-o-neill-9898_born_i-m-delighted-that-i-was-born-in-ulster_2488183.jpg) > [ Whatever you say about Fergus McCann, if this \[Celtic Park\] is the legacy, then I am absolutely delighted with it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/whatever-you-say-about-fergus-mccann-if-this-celtic-park-is-the/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/martin-o-neill-9898_celtic_whatever-you-say-about-fergus-mccann-if_2590978.jpg) ## More by Martin O'Neill > [I've missed out on a European Cup final because I was injured three weeks beforehand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/i-ve-missed-out-on-a-european-cup-final-because-i-was-injured-three/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [As a player, it took me a long time to get over defeats, and as a manager I get moody and irritable. My wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/as-a-player-it-took-me-a-long-time-to-get-over-defeats-and-as-a/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [Roy Keane can talk eloquently about the game. I was hoping he would take the Sunderland job when he was last in the frame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/roy-keane-can-talk-eloquently-about-the-game-i-was-hoping-he-would/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [The rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is one of the major rivalries in world football let alone European football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/the-rivalry-between-celtic-and-rangers-is-one-of-the-major-rivalries/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [I have to tell you I can count on the fingers of one hand when I got verbally abused on the streets of Glasgow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/i-have-to-tell-you-i-can-count-on-the-fingers-of-one-hand-when-i-got/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [I don't think I have ever in my managerial time really given my valuation its proper consideration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/i-don-t-think-i-have-ever-in-my-managerial-time-really-given-my/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [If Brian Clough, who had the ego the size of 15 houses, had the humility to go for an interview for the England job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/if-brian-clough-who-had-the-ego-the-size-of-15-houses-had-the/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [A manager's tenure at club level is very short and gets shorter as the time goes on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/a-manager-s-tenure-at-club-level-is-very-short-and-gets-shorter-as/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [My mother was an O'Kane from Swatragh in County Derry. My father had a Donegal background. I came into the world when they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/my-mother-was-an-o-kane-from-swatragh-in-county-derry-my-father-had-a/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [It would make me laugh, make me smile, if some manager came in and said he had a five-year plan for a football club.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/it-would-make-me-laugh-make-me-smile-if-some-manager-came-in-and-said/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [I felt that we couldn't win the game. It was absolutely shocking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/i-felt-that-we-couldn-t-win-the-game-it-was-absolutely-shocking/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/my-youth-coach-told-me-he-d-got-these-two-great-15-year-olds-i-told/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [I would love to tell you I had the worst childhood you could ever imagine but believe it or not it was idyllic. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/i-would-love-to-tell-you-i-had-the-worst-childhood-you-could-ever/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [I think Ashley Young is world class, Id put him in a bracket with Lionel Messi and Ronaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/i-think-ashley-young-is-world-class-id-put-him-in-a-bracket-with/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) > [My wife, who hated every place she'd been to in her life, absolutely loved it in Scotland.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/my-wife-who-hated-every-place-she-d-been-to-in-her-life-absolutely/) [Martin O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-neill/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delighted/martin-o-neill/#itemlist", "name": "2 Delighted Quotes By Martin O'Neill", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm delighted that I was born in Ulster rather than anywhere else in Ireland and I've certainly not lost my identity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin O'Neill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/i-m-delighted-that-i-was-born-in-ulster-rather-than-anywhere-else-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/martin-o-neill-9898_born_i-m-delighted-that-i-was-born-in-ulster_2488183.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/martin-o-neill-9898_born_i-m-delighted-that-i-was-born-in-ulster_2488183.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/martin-o-neill-9898_born_i-m-delighted-that-i-was-born-in-ulster_2488183.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm delighted that I was born in Ulster rather than anywhere else in Ireland and I've certainly not lost my…” — Martin O'Neill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whatever you say about Fergus McCann, if this [Celtic Park] is the legacy, then I am absolutely delighted with it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin O'Neill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-neill/whatever-you-say-about-fergus-mccann-if-this-celtic-park-is-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/martin-o-neill-9898_celtic_whatever-you-say-about-fergus-mccann-if_2590978.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/martin-o-neill-9898_celtic_whatever-you-say-about-fergus-mccann-if_2590978.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/martin-o-neill-9898_celtic_whatever-you-say-about-fergus-mccann-if_2590978.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whatever you say about Fergus McCann, if this [Celtic Park] is the legacy, then I am absolutely delighted…” — Martin O'Neill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delighted/martin-o-neill/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delighted/martin-o-neill/", "name": "Delighted Quotes by Martin O'Neill", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delighted/martin-o-neill/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/martin-o-neill-9898_born_i-m-delighted-that-i-was-born-in-ulster_2488183.jpg" }, "description": "2 Delighted quotes by Martin O'Neill. 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