Roy Keane Quotations

I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.

I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.

I've had influences from many people including the coaches and players I've worked with.

Hopefully kids will look at me and see that your dreams can come true.

I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick-off.

When results aren't good the manager gets the sack, that's the game.

Much as I would like to continue playing for my country, I feel the time has come to retire from international football and concentrate on domestic football for whatever is the remainder of my career.

Maybe Gary deserves to be chased up a tunnel every now and then - there would be a queue for him, probably. But you have to draw a line eventually.

I will see how my hip is bearing up in the summer. It is important to be fair to myself and the club if it is affecting me.

Over the last few months I've always put football first but come the summer I need to look at what's best for my family.

I think players tend to get anxious if they've not really done things properly - like eating, resting or training. If you're fully prepared you've got nothing to worry about - it's just a game of football.

When I signed for Celtic I did say to them that it would be best for the club and myself to maybe look at things in the summer but they were quite keen for me to sign for the extra year, which I did eventually. But I will look at things in the summer and see how my hip is bearing up. I'm due to go back to the hip specialist in the summer. It's important to be fair to myself and the club if it is affecting me.

There is talk about putting this right in January and bringing players in. We should be doing the opposite ? we should be getting rid of people in January.

A taxi driver asked me about that the other day. It's too early to judge the players. I've played four or five games, probably three of them in the middle of the park which is my position, so I think it's too early for me to be to making judgments and statements about other teams and players.

It's too early to know if he'd make it for any play-off or not. But he's told me he is still confident that we can make it to the World Cup finals.

You shouldn't have spoken to the players like that. No, you should have.

The manager pulled me aside on the Saturday morning and said that he will be the one deciding when I'm going to be retiring.

If it's not a contract I want then I won't sign it. That's not a threat.

Over analyse, paralyse, you mustn't over analyse... Do you wake up at four in the morning and wonder who should be playing left-back? Four? I would love to sleep that long. If you want a really long career you have to find a way of switching off. I do it when I'm out walking my dog, Alex Ferguson got into horses, others get into wine. Some players like going shopping, which is not my scene. A lot of them turn to golf. I tried it, didn't like it. I have to walk. If I couldn't I'd be in a padded cell by now.

The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win.

They have a few drinks, and maybe the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch.

Sometimes you wonder, do they understand the game of football? (on referees)

These so-called big stars are people we are supposed to be looking up to. Well they are weak and soft. Priorities have changed in football and they are being dictated to by their wives.

United could soon overtake Arsenal as the chief threat to Chelsea, and defiant Keane vowed: We will keep fighting to the end. We are Manchester United, that is what we do.

A lot has been written about my age and my injuries. A lot of people think I'm going to be 94. I'm actually 34 and I feel quite good. I'm sure the fans will judge me on what I do on the pitch, not what I say.

Just because a club says a player is not for sale, it doesn't necessarily mean that.

Maybe Gary (Neville) deserves to be chased up a tunnel every now and then - there would be a queue for him, probably. But you have to draw a line eventually.

I love it when the team scores... the lads are always giving me stick because of it, but I'm just so happy I can't help it.

The type of game I play, I'm going to pick injuries and suspensions, unfortunately.

If you love Senegal so much, why don't you play for them?

Some people come to Old Trafford and can't spell football, let alone understand it. They have a few drinks and a prawn sandwich but don't realise what's happening on the pitch

He's been like a fresh of breath air.

Happiness is not being afraid.

Before the game there was all this stuff about anti-racism and anti-bullying. It would be a good idea to start wearing wristbands for anti-diving.

Yorkie has officially retired about 5 times... The man's a clown... People are going on about the game and agents and directors of football and managers losing their jobs, but we should be worried about people like him... Clowns. That's the last time I'm going to say clown... If he's the vice-president of FIFA, God help us all.

I still say the '94 Double team is the best. They could outfight you or outplay you, depending on the way you wanted it. But this side is moving in the same direction.

I just hope he doesn't frighten the players 'cos they're frigtened enough right now.

I was a big fan of Maradona growing up and of the current crop Ronaldo is good but Messi is the best I’ve ever seen. I don’t dish out praise lightly but Messi deserves it. I look for weaknesses in his game and I can’t find them.

People say I'm hard, I'm Mr Angry. I'm this, I'm that. I just want to win matches. There's no point going out there and being Mr Nice Guy. We get 55,000 at Old Trafford and I don't think they want fellas going out there and thinking: Ah, if we lose, so what?

I can't understand why people in Scotland rave about Darren Fletcher.

Patrick Vieira is 6 foot 4, and he starts having a go at Gary Neville, so I said 'come on have a go at me,' that's it.

Man United, for all the doom and gloom, they're still the best club on the planet, they've got the best supporters and the best manager... United will always be United. To me, they are still the best and whatever disappointments they're having at the moment, don't worry, they'll bounce back. They always do.

There has been lots of things said about me over the years. I am happy to comment on people's opinion in football I respect, but Tony Cascarino is a man I certainly do not respect, for a lot of reasons, and if I told you, you would be shocked. So the day I worry about Tony Cascarino will be a very sad day of my life.

People say 'go with the flow' but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish.

I hate losing in training, I'm always arguing, having a go at everybody. I take my job very seriously.'

It was Tottenham at home. I thought: 'Please don't go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham are about. They are nice and tidy but we'll f****** do them.' Alex came in and said: 'Lads, it's only Tottenham.' And that was it! Brilliant!

I got Robbie's mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: 'Hi, it's Robbie - whazzup!' Like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: 'I can't be f****** signing that'.

I think players tend to get anxious if they've not really done things properly - like eating, resting or training. If you're fully prepared you've got nothing to worry about - it's just a game of football.

I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.

Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind

I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

No celebrity bullshit,no self promotion,an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being

If it had come to a fight, Patrick [Vieira] could probably have killed me.