Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott

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
Brian McDermott

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
Brian McDermott

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
Brian McDermott

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
Brian McDermott

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

Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott

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

Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott

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

Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott

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

Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott

Football is all I know.

Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott

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

Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott

I irritate the wife because of my private dancing.