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If it had come to a fight, Patrick Vieira could probably have killed me.
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane
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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'.
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane -
I hate losing in training, I'm always arguing, having a go at everybody. I take my job very seriously.'
Roy Keane -
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
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane
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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.
Roy Keane -
I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.
Roy Keane -
The type of game I play, I'm going to pick injuries and suspensions, unfortunately.
Roy Keane -
I just hope he doesn't frighten the players 'cos they're frigtened enough right now.
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane -
Sometimes you wonder, do referees understand the game of football?
Roy Keane
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They have a few drinks, and maybe the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch.
Roy Keane -
I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.
Roy Keane -
No celebrity bullshit,no self promotion,an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being
Roy Keane -
I can't understand why people in Scotland rave about Darren Fletcher.
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane
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Happiness is not being afraid.
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane -
If it's not a contract I want then I won't sign it. That's not a threat.
Roy Keane -
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.
Roy Keane