Dunphy Quotes & Sayings

That's the first time I've seen sex between two men on the BBC. — Eamon Dunphy

If ever a player was out of his class that night it was me. — Eamon Dunphy

Success is so bad for everybody, period. Especially a certain kind of success, when people practically give up their identity. They forget who they are, how they are. — Jack Dunphy

He's one of the biggest whingers in world football ... he's a bloody eejit. — Eamon Dunphy

We'll all see through Mourinho. We'll find out he's just a Bengal lancer. — Eamon Dunphy

The best passing drill is pass - set - hit. The best setting drill is pass - set - hit. The best hitting drill is pass - set - hit ... Anything less than a game situation, unless very well planned, has the possibility of introducing artificial situations, and complete transfer to the game might not occur when drills are constructed in this manner. — Marv Dunphy

Some writers have even argued that it may be possible to wean sex offenders away from their criminal activities through the use of pornography - with pornography acting as a substitute for sexual acts rather than a stimulant. This ties in with the argument that the pro-censorship lobby fails to distinguish between fantasy and reality, and to recognise that many people - including feminists! - can behave in perfectly decent, moral and non-abusive ways whilst enjoying 'politically incorrect' sexual fantasies. The assumption that fantasy leads to crimes of abuse is both highly contentious and inevitably seems to 'criminalise' sexual fantasy. Moreover, the argument that exposure to pornography causes men to act in a violent or abusive way towards women is surely undermined by even a casual look at human history and at the contemporary world. — Richard Dunphy

Somewhere in there the grace of a ballet dancer joins with the strength of an SAS squaddie, the dignity of an ancient kind, the nerve of a bomb disposal officer ... — Eamon Dunphy

Usually it takes a bottle of Bacardi and a gallon of Coke to get John out of his seat. — Eamon Dunphy

Kilbane's head is better than his feet. If only he had three heads, one on the end of each leg. — Eamon Dunphy

Perhaps the most radical aspect of queer politics was its claim not only to transcend the homo/hetero boundary but to do so in such a way as to challenge the sexual regulation and repression of heterosexual desire, above all female desire. Queer politics, it was claimed, had a lot to teach those accustomed to the narrow confines of 'male' and 'female' heterosexual roles in relationships. The re-working of notions of monogamy and the send-up of marriage through queer weddings, the greater sexual adventurism, the rejection of the concept of gay men and lesbians as 'victims' in favour of assertiveness and redefinition, and the emphasis on the creation of more egalitarian relationships in the domestic, sexual and social spheres, were all cited as examples of how queer could contribute to a new sexual agenda of empowerment. — Richard Dunphy

No one wants to be in the dark forever; just happens that most of us aren't strong enough to find the light switch. — Jalena Dunphy

What I do requires fantastic concentration ... but you can't be totally alone, or you lose all contact with reality, so even when I'm engrossed and secluded, Jack Dunphy can be there. He's my oldest and best friend, and best critic too. — Truman Capote

I'll have you know that I am not a failed Third Division footballer. I am a failed Second Division footballer. — Eamon Dunphy

They get to the quarter-finals, Bill, I'll show up with a dress on — Eamon Dunphy

Every club he's been to has had great injury crises. Every club. And it's always hamstrings. — Eamon Dunphy

Ability and guts is an unbeatable combination. — Eamon Dunphy

He still has the same way of calling to me, as if I'm still new to him, as if he has yet to get over me. — George Plimpton

What doesn't kill you doesn't make you stronger. It just fucks you up something rotten. — Shane Dunphy

They just talk drivel. Whoever is winning is great, whoever isn't, isn't. It's banal. And also semi-literate at times ... they never criticise in an intelligent way. Anything that isn't banal is said to be an outburst. They've created this cartoon world where everyone talks like Lineker and says nothing. — Eamon Dunphy

In a darkening world where the shadows of violence, political expediency, materialism and junk culture grow ever longer, sport as it is practised by its good pros remains a bastion of decency, a place where virtue is rewarded and cheating exposed. — Eamon Dunphy

It is not how tall you are, it is how GOOD you are. — Marv Dunphy

Well, I don't like to make outlandish statements. Not all the time. But Wimbledon would have beaten them 10-0. — Eamon Dunphy

Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results. - — Marv Dunphy

Found out. A nothing player. — Eamon Dunphy

Michel Platini has no bottle. He is not a great player. — Eamon Dunphy

That is NOT the arse of a £7million player! — Eamon Dunphy

It is a truly radical experience for a clergyperson to admit that their beliefs, and the faith that they have long articulated, have lost their meaning. It is more than the dark night of the soul; it is the utter abandonment of a worldview that, after thorough study, reflection, and lived experience, fails to withstand critique both intellectually and emotionally. It is a revelation that uncomfortably exposes the internal architecture of self-delusion and the social and religious constructs that buttress these imaginative ideologies. It is a journey that all members of the Clergy Project have taken, myself included. — Catherine Dunphy

[W]hether it is debates over men sharing housework and child-rearing, the 'crisis' of marriage and behind that the broader crisis of male-female relationships in adjusting to social change, or the increased sympathy for (or at least tolerance of) lesbian and gay demands for equal legal rights, all these developments in heterosexuality are usually approached and conceptualised in piecemeal form and rarely provoke any debate about the changing nature of heterosexuality itself. — Richard Dunphy

Ronaldo is a disgrace to the game. His petulance, temperament, throwing himself on the ground. It was a disgrace to professional football. This fella Ronaldo is a cod. — Eamon Dunphy

You need dictatorships and poverty to produce great footballers. — Eamon Dunphy

I never wanted fame. — Jack Dunphy

I've never managed anywhere, I've managed to stay alive for 63 and a half years baby. — Eamon Dunphy

Scots they're either nice or they're horrid and these two are horrid. The Scots wont like that Eamon, thats bordering on racism. Its not racism its ethnic criticism Bill. — Eamon Dunphy

If Truman hadn't published 'Answered Prayers' in parts, he'd have had the drive to finish it. The peacocks took it away from him. — Jack Dunphy

I remembered my conversation with Myles Dunphy when I agreed to join him in the fight to save the blue gum forest. 'Opportunities are made, Mrs Rockcliffe,' he had said. 'They don't happen of themselves. I don't want to read about the achievements of people with verve. I want to be one of those people myself. It's not enough to be intelligent and thoughtful. You have to be bold. — Belinda Alexandra

He's fat and a clown, Bill, a fat clown for all to see. — Eamon Dunphy

Niall Quinn is a creep. The man's an idiot, a Mother Theresa. — Eamon Dunphy

The different strategies and visions of 'reformists' and 'radicals' are not the only subject of major debate within lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer politics. The fact is that only a tiny minority of non-heterosexuals are involved in any sort of political activism. Various writers and activists have noted with rising alarm an almost mass depoliticisation of lesbian and gay communities in the 1990s. The crass commercialism of the gay scene and the rise of the so-called pink pound and of 'lifestyle' as a signifier of sexual identity (and human worth) has allowed huge profits to be reaped. Playing on the insecurities of people sells 'packages' which can include everything from 'gay apartments' to 'gay holidays' and 'gay clothes' to designer drugs. — Richard Dunphy

If we control the ball, they pay. — Marv Dunphy

Volleyball is one of the most interactive games going. It is a game of intuition, imagination, improvisation - but most of all, of reciprocity - of teamwork. There is no way to free-lance in volleyball. — Marv Dunphy