Brian McDermott Quotes

• Football is all I know.

  Brian McDermott

  Football, Knows

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• 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

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

  Brian McDermott

  Football, People, Interest

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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

  Brian McDermott

  Song, Sea, Music Love

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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  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.

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• 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.

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