Brian McDermott Quotations

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.

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.

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.

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.

I irritate the wife because of my private dancing.

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

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

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

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

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

We guarded pretty well except for the last five minutes of the first half. (Eastern) really went after us inside (the lane) and got us into foul trouble. They took advantage of it, but, fortunately, we shot well for the first time in a while.

Football is all I know.

I don't regret anything.

Shea had a fantastic performance. I don?t think this league will have as talented of a match-up inside with such skilled players for long time.

He has a feel for what we want to do (in a game), and he offers good suggestions. He?s always talking to the other guys and making sure they?re going to the right spots.

He guarded like crazy and made big shot after big shot. There was never a word about Farley until that tournament, and then everybody was talking about him.

We make sure we get the ball in his hands at the end of games. In the late stretches of a game, he?s almost automatic.

Being a playwright is lot of work. There are a lot more venues around here this year than years ago.

These were two very good teams that played right down to the wire. We had our chances. We were in a good position to win, but they made some big shots at the end of regulation.

They had gone nine possessions in row with one point. Then (Lewis) comes in and makes those shots.

It's a worry, although we still don't know the extent of the damage.

He?s one of the better defensive point guards in the league, and not just on his guy. Steve knows how to be involved on double teams and he?s really critical to us on how we defend the pick and roll, which is one of the most used weapons in college basketball.

He basically would have been in the crater at the time of the eruption and we are hoping that by some freak of nature that perhaps he got delayed on the way.