Brian McDermott Quotes & Sayings

People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any. — Brian McDermott

I love music, from shanty sea-songs to Calvin Harris. — Brian McDermott

I irritate the wife because of my private dancing. — Brian McDermott

If you ask me why I've succeeded, it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds. — Brian McDermott

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish. — Brian McDermott

I can't go against my nature because I am what I am. I don't try to be anyone different to who I am. — Brian McDermott

Football is all I know. — Brian McDermott

Sometimes you have got to look at things really positively - without putting your head in the sand, you have got to manage the negatives and keep putting a positive slant on it, keep trying to find answers. — Brian McDermott

I don't believe in an 'all-about-me' culture. It's about the group. — Brian McDermott

You do have demons throughout the week; every coach does. — Brian McDermott