Martin O'Neill

I've missed out on a European Cup final because I was injured three weeks beforehand.

— 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.…

— 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…

— Martin O'Neill

The rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is one of the major rivalries in world football let alone European football.

— 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…

— Martin O'Neill

I don't think I have ever in my managerial time really given my valuation its proper consideration.

— 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…

— Martin O'Neill

A manager's tenure at club level is very short and gets shorter as the time goes on.

— 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…

— 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…

— Martin O'Neill

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Martin O'Neill

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

— Martin O'Neill

My wife, who hated every place she'd been to in her life, absolutely loved it in Scotland.

— Martin O'Neill

You need to stay disciplined as much as you possibly can. You can't let emotions run too high, but obviously that is…

— Martin O'Neill

My first European game was a qualifying match against a team from Luxembourg. That was my introduction.

— Martin O'Neill

Things can go wrong in a game. If you asked the players about what the most important thing we have is, they'd…

— Martin O'Neill

I've not had to ask permission from Geraldine to take the job. I'm one of the few men in this life who…

— Martin O'Neill

I don't have an agent, I've never had an agent, I might be the only manager in Europe who doesn't have an…

— Martin O'Neill

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…

— Martin O'Neill

I have two daughters and one of them is now a bigger Celtic fan now than when I was manager, which is…

— Martin O'Neill

I've won the very top club prizes in my career but I think the top sportsmen will tell you that the disappointment…

— Martin O'Neill

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

— Martin O'Neill

I took my two daughters to the 2003 All-Ireland between Armagh and Tyrone and they were blown away by the whole pageantry…

— Martin O'Neill