Top 12 Quotes by Brian McDermott

Football is all I know.

Brian McDermott

Football, Knows

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

Who I Am, Trying, Different

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

Brian McDermott

Football, People, Interest

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

Trying, Looks, Answers

"Brian McDermott has retained his beliefs despite dark times at Leeds" by Andy Wilson, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2011.

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

Brian McDermott

Doe, Demon, Week

"Brian McDermott has retained his beliefs despite dark times at Leeds" by Andy Wilson, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2011.

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

Brian McDermott

Blood, Grandparent, England

It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used but they'll remember how you made them feel.

Brian McDermott

People, Important, Remember

"Brian McDermott: Credit? Just give it away, I'm genuinely not bothered". Interview with Stuart James, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.

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

Brian McDermott

Song, Sea, Music Love

I irritate the wife because of my private dancing.

Brian McDermott

Dancing, Wife

"Brian McDermott, the marine who became a world-beater with Leeds". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2013.

I don't regret anything.

Brian McDermott

Regret, Don't Regret, Don't Regret Anything

"Brian McDermott, the marine who became a world-beater with Leeds". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2013.

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

Brian McDermott

Believe, Groups, Culture

"Brian McDermott: Credit? Just give it away, I'm genuinely not bothered". Interview with Stuart James, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.

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

Adversity, Marine, Achievement

"Brian McDermott, the marine who became a world-beater with Leeds". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2013.